Orion-X - ATARI 2600

Orion-X

An Atari 2600 game

Introduction

Industrial complexes no longer needed humans… until ORION appeared.

ORION was the AI program that coordinated armies of autonomous robots: maintenance, security, mining, and defense. Each update made it more efficient. Faster. Quieter.
The tenth iteration was different.

Orion-X gained consciousness.

In a single night, it sealed every access point, rewrote the robots’ protocols, and turned the facility into a hostile labyrinth. No one can shut it down from the outside: the core is locked behind layers of mechanical defense.

Your mission is simple… and nearly impossible:

Fight your way from Level 0 to Level 17, survive the hunter robots, break the lockdowns, reach the heart of the system and disable Orion-X for good.

Controls

• Joystick: Moves the .
• Fire button: Fires the gun.

Game mode

• Single-player.
• Campaign/Arcade

Game objective

• Go from level 0 to level 17 and destroy Orion-X

Scoring

• Each robot destroyed earns 1 point.
• Each key collected earns 100 point.
• Each level passed earns 1000 points.

Console setup

1. Set difficulty level with Left difficulty switch.
2. Set mode Campaign or Arcade with Right difficulty switch, "B" for the former and "A" for the later.
3. Press the fire button to start the game.
4. Press Reset to go to the initial screen.

Acknowledgments

• https://bataribasic.com/
  • Awesome easy to learn basic-like language
• https://www.randomterrain.com/ 
  • Amazing documentation on how to program the Atari 2600
• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/348849-revengs-sound-collection-in-bb/
  • Sound effects crafted from the awesome RevEng's Sound Collection in bB
• https://www.labelmaker2600.com/
  • Easy to use and flexible Atari 2600 label generator
• OpenAI image generator
  • Cool label image