Stampede

aka: Cowboy, Lasso-Helden, Super-Cowboy beim Rodeo
Moby ID: 9067
Atari 2600 Specs

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It's a stampede!! Your job is to round up as many of the calves as you can. The screen scrolls to the right as you chase the calves; if more than three calves get past you, the game is over. The calves all run at different speeds, and when you rope one you earn points based on how fast it was running. As the game progresses, more and more calves will be on the screen at one time, and other obstacles will begin appearing to trip your horse and slow you down.

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Average score: 83% (based on 6 ratings)

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Average score: 3.4 out of 5 (based on 26 ratings with 1 reviews)

Easy to learn, easy to play, not so easy to beat

The Good
This is a very cool game! The gameplay was excellent, considering you only have one joystick and one button to work with. I've always loved to graphics, especially the horses legs as you run. Actually, it's kinda funny, now that I think about it. It's just a fun game, one of my favorite Atari games.

The Bad
I would've liked to have seen some kind of multiplayer. I'm not exactly sure how that would work, but I'm sure they could've come up with something. Another thing was that you couldn't move left or right. That would've been fine if the cows different speeds. Sometimes you miss two at once. I guess it just wouldn't be the same game if it you could move all around the screen.

The Bottom Line
I was thinking about games like this and I realized that there are a lot of free games you can find on the internet that still follow after games like this. Games like Dnyomite, practically all the Zapspot games, and games from Shockwave, are all as addictive as this one. Easy to learn, easy to play, not so easy to beat. That's what I like about this one. It's probably the game that started the "addictive" genre of games. If you have an Atari, check out this game. It's well worth it.

Atari 2600 · by Mullet of Death (592) · 2004

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High score rewards

Players who were able to rack up 3,000 points or higher were eligible to receive the "The Activision Trail Drive" patch from Activision if they sent in a screenshot to the company. Players who scored 10,000 points would see a small brand (that looked like a steer's head) at the bottom left of the screen before the score reset to zero.

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Game added by Servo.

Xbox 360, Windows added by Alaka.

Additional contributors: Guy Chapman, Alaka, Игги Друге, LepricahnsGold.

Game added May 1, 2003. Last modified March 11, 2024.