The cartridges were never seen again (landfill?).
”Īlmost immediately, the entire Panic Games lineup was being discounted at pennies on the dollar at every major retailer. I’ll be honest: the games were disasters.Ĭlearly “inspired” by existing Atari 2600 games, with cringe-inducing graphics (at one point, a tester confused a smiley face for a wagon wheel) and inscrutable gameplay (“Rotate joystick to fire!”, read the manual of one), the games, once thought to be the savior of the company, almost heralded its demise.Ī March 1982 Electronic Games review bleakly captures the situation: “We can only hope that kids follow Nancy Reagan’s advice and ‘just say no’ to this steaming mound of.
