13 Responses to “The Atari Puzzler”

1. vinvectrex
   February 1st, 2010 at 3:07 pm

   

   Lets see…..
   Adventure
   Asteroids
   Baseball
   Breakout
   Circus
   Combat
   Football
   Haunted House
   Pac-Man
   Superman
   Video Pinball
   Yars Revenge
   …..looks like I’m missing 11. Anyone care to help?

2. christopher tupa
   February 1st, 2010 at 4:05 pm

   

   Dang, what beach is that? I wanna go…

3. VicSage2005
   February 1st, 2010 at 7:50 pm

   

   Air-Sea-Battle (Upper right corner)
   Sky Diver (Above Air-Sea-Battle)
   Space Invader (Below Yar’s Revenger)
   Outlaw?
   Brain Games (Next to the Outlaw and Homerun and under another Breakout)
   Casino (Next to Basketball)
   Hangman (Girl on green blanket)
   Indy 500 (Below Hangman)
   Video Chess? (Behind the two children)
   Maze Craze (Above Hangman)

   That’s all I can manage. I can’t for the life of me place the amusement park or the kids.

4. vinvectrex
   February 1st, 2010 at 10:16 pm

   

   Nice! I couldn’t remember the names of Brain Games – and never would have gotten Hangman.

5. The Retroist
   February 2nd, 2010 at 8:43 am

   

   You guys are very close, an error or two. I will wait another day or two and see if you want me to post the answers (I have the answer key).

6. dan
   February 2nd, 2010 at 3:11 pm

   

   Pretty sure the umbrella is Breakout and the spaceman is Super Breakout. For the life of me I can’t place the wizard — I know I know it!

7. VicSage2005
   February 2nd, 2010 at 5:22 pm

   

   I think you are quite right, Dan, about the Spaceman. The wizard is for Brain Games. Still can’t place the kids or the amusement park though…we can’t give up yet though, my friends!

8. VicSage2005
   February 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 pm

   

   The beach could be from Flag Capture. The P.T. boat looks like it might be from Canyon Bomber.

   Those kids and the amusement park…could the kids be the ‘babies’, Tarra and Torr, from Sword Quest? THAT is a long shot I know. What a delicious puzzle.

9. VicSage2005
   February 4th, 2010 at 7:56 pm

   

   Well, Retroist. I think we have been officially stumped…allow me some peace of mind and let us have that answer key. :)

10. OffisaPups
    February 6th, 2010 at 3:06 am

    

    What is that bat looking thing under the beach chair by the sandcastle? Looks like eyes next to it.

11. VicSage2005
    February 6th, 2010 at 8:34 am

    

    The eyes and bat are both from the cover of Haunted House, OffisaPups. :)

12. The Retroist
    February 9th, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    

    Alright here are the answers:

    

13. VicSage2005
    February 9th, 2010 at 9:59 pm

    

    So those kids were a red herring? Thank you very much for the answer key, Retroist. I may once again sleep soundly at night. Ha, ha.