Let's Play: Freeway (Atari 2600)

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Published on December 9, 2015 10:38:54 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tzh2j3ttk8

Game:

Freeway (1981)

Duration: 4:46

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This is an early game from Activision.
A little boring, especially when you play it on your own.
The most interesting about this game is how David Crane came up with the idea for it.
He was watching a very busy road and someone trying to cross it.
Because of that, the game initially was exactly that: A human trying to cross a busy road.
The guys at Activision probably thought that this might cause some uproar when they publish it like that, so they changed the human into a chicken.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because it gives you one point if it reaches the other side^^
I have added the original prototype at the end of the video (03:12)