Developer: Sirius Software
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: September 1982
There are many interesting publishers for Atari, but 20th Century Fox may be my favorite. Between the obscure licensed games and long forgotten arcade gems they had some truly interesting releases. Also, none of them are particularly rare so it’s a publisher not that difficult to evaluate. They don’t have any hidden terrible games that are 200 dollars. One interesting thing they did was decide to get into the game business before they actually had any games. Their first few games were made by Sirius Software and have red labels instead of the later more familiar picture labels. It’s a same Sirius didn’t become more famous because all their games are worth playing.
Fast Eddie is an early platform game with some similarities to Donkey Kong. Now I should say that I am a sucker for Atari platformers. I am automatically drawn to any game with a ladder in it. Because of this I might rank this game a little higher than other people, but I really do think it’s a good game. The goal is to move up and down collecting objects until a key appears above the strange creature at the top. One of the hallmarks of Sirius games is the large number of objects, and this one rotates items every level. The first level has hearts which makes sense in a way, but the objects get stranger and stranger. Why are you collecting ink wells and axes? Just what are you planning? It might be a gimmicky way to make the game seem bigger than it actually is, but it really does make the game more fun. If you were a dot collecting dots it just wouldn’t be as good. I also like that the enemies look like fry kids from the old McDonalds commercials. It’s a fun experience all around. They can’t be defeated so avoiding them is a large part of the game. Luckily the controls are tight so it’s always fun.
I don’t think I can always write long essays about Atari games, so I am going to cut this one a little short. It’s a fun game with a good difficulty curve that gives it a good amount of repay value. I am not going to put it higher than Adventure, but it’s one of those infinitely playable games that I was talking about in that review. It’s not quite deep enough to get too high up on the list, but I am going to put it at #32 right behind Ninja Golf. It’s only caveat is that it does get repetitive since it’s nothing but climbing and jumping. Still, ladders always make for fun Atari games. I’m sure I will be proven wrong soon enough, but until then it’s all about the ladders.
Atari 2600 quality percentage 3/7 or 42.85%
1. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. The Legend of Zelda
4. Galaga
5. Donkey Kong
6. Exodus: Ultima III
7. Pac-Mania
8. Wrecking Crew
9. Super Pac-Man
10. Pac-Man
11. Viva Pinata
12. Dragon View
13. Excitebike
14. Drakkhen
15. Todd’s Adventures in Slime World
16. Arc the Lad
17. Clu Clu Land
18. Tails’ Adventures
19. Scrapyard Dog (Lynx)
20. Artifact Adventure Gaiden DX
21. Mickey’s Racing Adventure
22. Metro-Cross
23. Double Dragon
24. Panic Restaurant
25. Felix the Cat
26. Adventure
27. Ice Climber
28. Gaplus
29. Dragon Spirit
30. Pinball (NES)
31. Ninja Golf
32. Fast Eddie
33. Super Soccer
34. Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour (GBC)
35. Red Sea Crossing
36. Baraduke
37. Demon’s Crest
38. Evoland
39. Tennis
40. Renegade
41. Beethoven
42. Hogan’s Alley
43. Gamma-Attack
44. The Legend of “Valkyrie”
45. Galaxian
46. Dragon Crystal
47. Cosmic Commuter
48. Hot Pixel
49. PocketBike Racer
50. Wild Gunman
51. Defunct
52. Gyruss (2600)
53. Looney Tunes Racing
54. Squidlit
55. Gordo 106
56. Baseball
57. Home Alone
58. Birthday Mania
59. Bad Street Brawler
60. Burly Men at Sea
61. Wayne’s World
62. WeakWood Throne
63. X-Men (HyperScan)
64. My Name is Mayo
65. Marvel Heroes
66. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
67. Ben 10
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