Reviews from

in the past


Fun dungeon crawler. It is much different than the 7800 version, and in a great way. It's worth checking out if you can find it.

Played as part of Atari 50.

This port sucks lol. Why were people still making and buying shitty 2600 games in 89 when the NES had existed for years at this point lmao

its decent, kind of fun, its impressive for an Atari 2600 game but in general games on there just didn't age that well, but this is creative and interesting, going through the dungeons attacking the monsters and trying to find the exits and gather items

A remake of a 1983 game, Dark Chambers feels like Berzerk or Frenzy if they were dreadfully slow and boring. I've seen people liken this game to Gauntlet, but I haven't played that, so I can't compare the two titles. But I do know this: Dark Chambers isn't worth your time. It's repetitive, and it doesn't even measure up to its contemporaries. Love the ominous title screen, though.

7800:

A graphically improved and extended version of the 2600 game as the screen moves along with the player instead of going to different screens like original Zelda, here the game plays more so on 1 huge screen with the objective being find the keys and go down to the next level via ladder, so essentially the same as it's 2600 counter part. However the game throws a lot of enemies and gives you a lot of health which is nice. I enjoyed my time with it, but honestly had more fun with the 2600 version.


While the 2600 version leaves a lot to be desired, the 7800 version is very impressive. Run around dungeons that look like dungeons as a wizard and blast some rats.

Good dungeon game, reminds me of Gauntlet.

Played as part of Atari 50.

The Legend of Zelda released 2 years earlier... but this is fine, I guess. Extremely simplistic but it's, like, a fine maze dungeon crawler. Extremely easy though

Playing Through My Evercade Collection Part 5: Atari Vol 2

Look I want to be polite with this one, I get this is the 2600 version of something that should probably have never touched the 2600 due to how cut back it is and I get this is part of Atari's problem that they never learnt to let go of systems....

For what it is, its a surprisingly competent port of Dark Chambers and does stuff I honestly thought the 2600 couldn't accomplish... But its also really slow, clunky and aside from that initial 'Oh wow the Atari 2600 did this?' I cant really recommend this.

2600:
Dark Chambers is a very simple and explorative game in terms of having what essentially amounts to a wide open area to essentially go through like a labyrinth.

It has you playing a knight or a wizard that kills other mages and wizards, or ghosts/skeletons/master chief?
Essentially you have the ability to revert Ghosts into physical forms and destroying them:

Black WIzard (appears towards the later half of the game) -> Purple Wizard -> Ghost With Face -> Ghost Sheet -> Skeleton -> Master Chief Green Dude

Of course the amount of hits depends on which variant of enemy is attacking you. There's also this unimpressed looking Skeleton Head that is essentially an enemy spawner that when destroyed, gives you a special item.

Special items include things like:

· Golden Key - Opens doors
· Orange Bag - Gives you health
· Orange Barrel- Gives you points
· Golden neckless - Gives you points
· U shaped object - Gives you points.
· Black Door - Leads you to the next level

There are also objects that essentially try to kill you, but look similar to regular objects:

· X Bag - Looks like an Orange health bag, but will cause damage upon picking up.
· X Barrel - Looks like an Orange barrel, but will cause damage upon picking up.
· Black Explosive box - Assuming it is a TNT or an Explosive box of some sort, it tends to kill instantly or take a lot of health.

The game is very simple to go through but you'll have a fun time with it indeed.

Played on Atari 50

Pretty fun for what feels like a arcade dungeon crawler in some respect. Each floor gets more and more challenging and it goes from A-Z in terms of the total floors. You can beeline for the ladder or try to rack up points for a good high score as well.