Freeway

1981 video game

Video gamevideo gameQ5501239

Publisher: Activision
Released: 1981
Platforms: Atari 2600
Genre: action game
Game mode: single-player video game

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Freeway is an action video game written by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1981. In the game, one or two players control chickens who cross a ten-lane highway filled with traffic. The goal is to set a high score in an allotted time. Every time a chicken gets across, a point is earned for that player. Depending on the difficulty mode, a chicken is forced back a lane or sent to the bottom of the screen when hit by a vehicle.

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Designed by: David Crane
Distribution format: ROM cartridge
Input device: joystick
Country of origin: United States
Different from: Freeways

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