Crack'ed
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| Developer(s) | Atari Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Corporation |
| Designer(s) | Robert Neve[1] |
| Platform(s) | Atari ST (original) Atari 7800 |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
Crack'ed, subtitled "An Egg-Citing Adventure," is a target shooting video game developed by Robert Craig (credited as Robert Neve)[1] 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 in a tree by shooting predators.[2]
An Atari 2600 version was in development, but never released.[2][3]
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.[4] 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.[4] If at the end of the raid at least one egg remains in a nest, then the level ends.[4] There are five differently themed levels.[4]
Development
In a 2003 interview, Robert Craig stated he was against the release of console ports, as Crack'ed was designed as a "mouse game."[5]
Reception
In the August 1988 issue of ST Action magazine, the Atari ST version of Crack'ed received a 58% rating.[6]
In 1999 the Video Game Critic gave the 7800 release a D-, citing a "poorly-designed control scheme."[7]
After playing the unreleased Atari 2600 prototype, a writer for AtariProtos commented, "While it may have been a mediocre title for the 7800, Crack'ed actually made a decent 2600 game."[3]
References
- ^ a b "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". dadgum.com.
- ^ a b "Crack'ed". AtariAge.
- ^ a b "Crack'ed". AtariProtos.
- ^ a b c d "Crack'ed Manual". Atari Mania. Atari Corporation. 1988.
- ^ Martens, Maarten (April 5, 2003). "Interview with Robert Craig". ST Graveyard.
- ^ "Cracked". ST Action. August 1988.
- ^ "Atari 7800 Reviews A-E". The Video Game Critic. 1999.
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