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Atari 2600 joystick:

Joystick control:
	Player 1:	Player 2:
joystick	↑↓←→	TGFH
trigger	Spacebar	A
turbo	Del	.
RESET	F12	F12
SELECT	F11	F11
Pause	Alt+P	Alt+P
black-white / color mode: F2
paddle / joystick mode: Alt+L

Emulation speed:

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Other platforms:

Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. Be patient :-)

Game info:

Freeway (Atari 2600) - online game | RetroGames.cz (2)

box cover

Game title:

Freeway

Console:

Atari 2600

Author (released):

Activision (1981)

Genre:

Action

Mode:

Multiplayer

Design:

David Crane

Music:

Game manual:

manual.pdf

File size:

1628 kB

Download:

not available (stream only)

Game size:

2 kB

Recommended emulator:

Stella

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Freeway is a video game designed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 video game console. It was published by Activision in 1981. Freeway was one of the first titles released by Activision in their effort to publish independent games for the Atari 2600.

Freeway (Atari 2600)

One or two players control chickens who can be made to run across a ten lane highway filled with traffic in an effort to 'get to the other side.' Every time a chicken gets across a point is earned for that player. If hit by a car, a chicken is forced back either slightly, or pushed back to the bottom of the screen, depending on what difficulty the switch is set to. The winner of a two player game is the player who has scored the most points in the two minutes, sixteen seconds allotted. The chickens are only allowed to move up or down. The chicken sprite has limited animation and a cluck sound is heard when a chicken is struck by a car.
The original prototype version for Freeway was entitled Bloody Human Freeway. A few major differences to the finished product were: at start up, cars were already on the freeway instead of all being lined up on the right side; the score and Activision logo were yellow instead of pink; instead of controlling a chicken, the player controlled a man and instead of being forced down a bit when hit by a car, the character would turn into a streak of blood; pressing the fire button reset the game. There were some minor differences in the sounds used. Comparisons are often made to Frogger, which has different gameplay but also features crossing a street filled with moving vehicles. Both games were developed independently at the same time. Similarities did help sales when Frogger was popular in the arcades and a home version was not yet available.
David Crane came up with the game during the SCES in Chicago, when he observed someone attempting to cross Lake Shore Drive on foot.
Freeway was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on August 18, 2010.

More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org.

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Videogame Console:

This version of Freeway was designed for Atari 2600, which was commercially very successful video game console of second generation produced by Atari from 1977 to 1992. It was the first console that used removable memory modules with games. At the time of its greatest fame, more than 30 million units of this console were sold for about $ 200 a piece. To date, the game library for this console contains nearly 1,000 original games. More information about the Atari 2600 can be found here.

Recommended Game Controllers:

You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB joystick that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a joystick, buy a suitable USB controller on Amazon or AliExpress or in some of your favorite online stores.

Available online emulators:

5 different online emulators are available for Freeway. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Freeway are summarized in the following table:

Emulator	Technology	Multiplayer	USB gamepad	Touchscreen	Without ads
Javatari 5.0	JavaScript	YES	YES	YES	YES
Javatari 0.91	JavaScript	YES	YES	NO	YES
NeptunJS	JavaScript	YES	YES	NO	NO
EmulatorJS	JavaScript	YES	YES	YES	YES
JStella	Java applet	YES	NO	NO	YES

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