Berzerk - Atari 2600

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"Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter video arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. The player controls a green stick man, representing a humanoid. Using a joystick (and a firing button to activate a laser-like weapon), the player navigates a simple maze filled with many robots, who fire lasers back at the player character. A player can be killed by being shot, by running into a robot or an exploding robot, coming into contact with the electrified walls of the maze itsel"

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" This game is a true classic, and the fact that you can't actually beat the game, like so many Atari games, can be frustrating for anyone not used to such games. I loved this game, though I have yet to cycle over on this one, as you can on some other ones more easily, like the game Defender. "

The Top 100 Videogame Villains (100 games items)

"#78 - Evil Otto During the Atari days, Evil Otto was one of the most well-known villains. Barging in when players were taking too long in Berzerk, Otto's bouncing smiley face would chase players till he could bring about their doom. Like any true villain, Otto apparently cared little for his minions, often destroying them in pursuit of the player. In some incarnations Otto would run faster than the player, but in most versions of the game Otto was always avoidable so long as you could avoid mov"

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"Release: Aug. 1982 Arcade Developer: Stern Elec. (Alan McNeil) Ported & Published by: Atari (Dan Hitchens) Port of Arcade: Berzerk (1980)"