Royal Thief - Atari 2600

Royal Thief

An Atari 2600 game

Introduction

It is midnight.
The forest is silent… only the wind whispers through the trees.

Tonight, a daring thief sneaks into the kingdom’s castles.
His mission: dodge guards, traps, deadly dangers, get to the treasure chamber and escape with the royal treasure.

The walls are high.
The enemies never rest.
But the loot is worth the risk.

Controls

• Joystick: Moves the thief.
• Fire button: Jump.

Game mode

• Single-player.

Game objective

• Get to the treasure chamber, collect the treasures and escape to the next castle.

Scoring

• Each access card earns 10 points.
• Escaping a zone earns 50 points plus 1 point per energy point

Console setup

1. Press the fire button to start the game.
2. Press Reset to go to the initial screen.

Limitations of the demo version

• Only first castle is available
• No scoring

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://www.labelmaker2600.com/
  • Easy to use and flexible Atari 2600 label generator
• OpenAI image generator
  • Label image
• Inspired by "Hunch back"
  • https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/hunch-back