Raiders of the Lost Ark

Atari 2600 1982 Atari
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a video game created for the Atari 2600 and based on the movie of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw. It was the first ever movie licensed video game.

The player controls Indiana Jones as he searches for the lost Ark of the Covenant. The game requires the player to use two different controllers: controller 2 moves Jones and its button uses an item; controller 1 selects the item to use and its button drops the item. This control scheme anticipated later game controllers with more buttons and games where buttons would allow the player to switch items without interrupting gameplay.

The video game is set in the city of Cairo in 1936 represented by an entrance room and a marketplace. From the entrance room, the player can blast a hole in the wall with a grenade and enter the Temple of the Ancients. Two paths await inside the Temple, both of which contain various dangers, after which the player will at last find the treasure room. Gold and artifacts can be picked up in the treasure room which will help the player later in the game.

The player must eventually cross a mesa, on the other side of which lies the Map Room where the location of the Lost Ark is revealed. South of the Map Room is a Thieves Den and a Black Market. The Black Market contains various figures, such as two sheiks and a lunatic, and items needed to win the game (most notably a shovel).

After acquiring all needed items from the various rooms, the player returns to the mesa and jumps off using a parachute. The player then goes inside the mesa, via a small hole at the end of a branch, and digs up the Ark, after dodging more thieves.
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Technical

CPU
  • maincpu M6502 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
  • TIA (@ 0 Mhz)
  • Cassette
Display
  • Orientation Yoko
  • Resolution 176 x 223
  • Frequency 59.922743 Hz
Controlers
  • Number of players 1
  • Number of buttons 1
  • Kind of controler joy (8 ways)
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Game rooms

  • Entrance Room
  • Marketplace
  • Temple of the Ancients
    • Room of the Shining Light
    • Room of the Giant Spider
    • Treasure Room
  • Mesa Field
    • Interior Mesa Chamber
    • Well of Souls
  • Valley of Poison
  • Map Room
  • Den of Thieves
  • Black Market
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