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<blockquote data-quote="CC13" data-source="post: 65091" data-attributes="member: 1151"><p>That's...certainly one way of putting it. The current Activision really can't be linked to the Activision that made Pitfall!, though—it's changed hands several times and been acquired by Vivendi on top of that. Still, they've at least shown some respect for their roots (on a related note, The Lost Treasures of Infocom is another worthy pickup for anyone here with an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch). All we need now is a 3-D Ultra Pinball Collection...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since there's been so little motion on this thread, I'll go ahead and take this answer as the closest I'll get. Here we go with entry #18!</p><p></p><p>18. Harry Hooligan (Keystone Kapers)</p><p>Developed & Published By: Activision</p><p>Platform: Atari 2600</p><p>Year of Release: 1983</p><p></p><p>I had a hard time coming up with a way to introduce this one, since I'd already done the spiel on how awesome retro Activision were in my last entry. However, the answer came to me in the form of something most people consider to be very new in gaming. I speak, of course, of the endless runner, a genre that anyone has probably partaken of, whether via Temple Run (either original flavor or 2), Pitfall! (as sacrilegious as that must sound), Lord of Blades (which is amazing), or one of countless other examples in the now-booming genre. However, the genre is not new, but rather has roots that go back at least as far as Keystone Kapers (appropriately enough).</p><p></p><p>You are Keystone Kelly, a beat cop tasked with running down and arresting Harry Hooligan. Unfortunately for you, the crook has proven quite adept at weaponizing the objects in the department store you're chasing him through, including biplanes, bouncing balls, radios and shopping carts. Only the biplanes will immediately cost you a life, but the other items will cost you precious time, which is the main way to score points here. You must track down Harry without getting hit by a biplane or letting the timer tick down to zero or else he will escape and you will have to start all over from the beginning of the level.</p><p></p><p>The link between endless runners and Keystone Kapers isn't one-to-one (the latter does have levels and is endless only in the Kobayashi Mario sense), but it does show how ideas from 20 years ago or more might simply have lain dormant until technology caught up to them. There is an idea here that could provide an interesting wrinkle to modern endless runners—the emphasis on vertical motion as well as horizontal (you can use escalators try and get the jump on Harry Hooligan, but to balance this out, he can descend to a previous floor). imagine the possibilities for something like that instead of yet another behind-the-back endless runner! Either way, this would be a great game for getting younger kids into retro gaming...if you can get them past the graphics, that is...</p><p></p><p><strong>Next Time on The Top 25 Pre-1991 Western Arcade & Console Game Villains</strong>: I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CC13, post: 65091, member: 1151"] That's...certainly one way of putting it. The current Activision really can't be linked to the Activision that made Pitfall!, though—it's changed hands several times and been acquired by Vivendi on top of that. Still, they've at least shown some respect for their roots (on a related note, The Lost Treasures of Infocom is another worthy pickup for anyone here with an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch). All we need now is a 3-D Ultra Pinball Collection... Since there's been so little motion on this thread, I'll go ahead and take this answer as the closest I'll get. Here we go with entry #18! 18. Harry Hooligan (Keystone Kapers) Developed & Published By: Activision Platform: Atari 2600 Year of Release: 1983 I had a hard time coming up with a way to introduce this one, since I'd already done the spiel on how awesome retro Activision were in my last entry. However, the answer came to me in the form of something most people consider to be very new in gaming. I speak, of course, of the endless runner, a genre that anyone has probably partaken of, whether via Temple Run (either original flavor or 2), Pitfall! (as sacrilegious as that must sound), Lord of Blades (which is amazing), or one of countless other examples in the now-booming genre. However, the genre is not new, but rather has roots that go back at least as far as Keystone Kapers (appropriately enough). You are Keystone Kelly, a beat cop tasked with running down and arresting Harry Hooligan. Unfortunately for you, the crook has proven quite adept at weaponizing the objects in the department store you're chasing him through, including biplanes, bouncing balls, radios and shopping carts. Only the biplanes will immediately cost you a life, but the other items will cost you precious time, which is the main way to score points here. You must track down Harry without getting hit by a biplane or letting the timer tick down to zero or else he will escape and you will have to start all over from the beginning of the level. The link between endless runners and Keystone Kapers isn't one-to-one (the latter does have levels and is endless only in the Kobayashi Mario sense), but it does show how ideas from 20 years ago or more might simply have lain dormant until technology caught up to them. There is an idea here that could provide an interesting wrinkle to modern endless runners—the emphasis on vertical motion as well as horizontal (you can use escalators try and get the jump on Harry Hooligan, but to balance this out, he can descend to a previous floor). imagine the possibilities for something like that instead of yet another behind-the-back endless runner! Either way, this would be a great game for getting younger kids into retro gaming...if you can get them past the graphics, that is... [B]Next Time on The Top 25 Pre-1991 Western Arcade & Console Game Villains[/B]: I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! [/QUOTE]
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