Mode(s) One player Developer Activision Genre Racing video game | Initial release date 1982 Publisher Activision Programmer Bob Whitehead | |
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Platforms Atari 2600, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Xbox 360 Similar Spider Fighter, Barnstorming, Plaque Attack, Crackpots, Laser Blast | ||
Classic game room sky jinks review for atari 2600
Sky Jinks is a vertically-scrolling, air racing-themed video game developed by Bob Whitehead for the Atari 2600 video game console, and published by Activision in 1982.
Contents
- Classic game room sky jinks review for atari 2600
- Retrocom sky jinks atari 2600 review
- Gameplay
- Re releases
- References
In the mid-1980s, social psychologist Roy Baumeister used the game in his psychological research into performance anxiety.
Retrocom sky jinks atari 2600 review
Gameplay
In Sky Jinks, the player pilots a low-flying Seversky XP-41 airplane through a time trial. To complete a game level, the player must bank around a prescribed number of pylons. The XP-41 can bank left and right, as well as accelerate and decelerate. Flying into a pylon, tree, or hot air balloon slows down the plane.
The game comprises four predefined courses—Polo Grounds, Aero Race, Love Field, and Speedy Meadows—as well as a pseudo-randomly-generated course called Thompson Tourney.
Re-releases
Activision anthologized Sky Jinks in the Playstation CD-ROM A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 (1998), and in the multi-platform collection Activision Anthology (2002). In 2010, they republished the game through Microsoft's Game Room service.