1988 · Atari Corporation · Shooter · Shooting gallery

Crack'ed

Atari console exclusive

Crack'ed was developed concurrently for the Atari 2600 and 7800, but only the 7800 version was released. The 2600 version only has three levels as opposed to six on the 7800, but those three levels are well utilized considering the limitations of the 2600.

Released: 1988
Platforms: Atari 2600 Atari 7800 Atari ST Atari ST/STE
Genres: Shooter Shooting gallery
Developers: Atari Corporation
Publishers: Atari Corporation
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: United States

About

Crack'ed, subtitled "An Egg-Citing Adventure", is target shooting video game developed by Robert Craig (credited as Robert Neve) for the Atari ST and released by Atari Corporation in 1988. An Atari 7800 port was published the same year. In Crack'ed the player must protect bird eggs by shooting predators. An aiming crosshair is controlled with the mouse on the ST version and the standard controller for the 7800. The Atari XG-1 light gun is not supported.

An Atari 2600 version was in development, but never released.

Keywords

nature
bird
science

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The goal of Crack'ed is to protect the eggs in five nests during an attack by egg-stealing creatures. The controls are similar to that of light-gun games, except the ST mouse is used to position the crosshairs and the left mouse button shoots. On the 7800, the joystick is used instead of the mouse.

If a creature carries off an egg, the creature can be shot so it drops its prize. The falling egg can be caught with the crosshairs and placed back in a nest. If at the end of the raid at least one egg remains in a nest, then the level ends. There are five differently themed levels.