Enduro (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Activision |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Designer(s) | Larry Miller |
| Release date(s) | February 1, 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Sports Car Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600 |
| Media | Cartridge |
| Input | Joystick |
Enduro is an Atari 2600 game designed by Larry Miller and published by Activision in 1983 and on the Activision Anthology release in 2002.
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[edit] Gameplay
In Enduro, you are a race car driver in the National Enduro, a long distance endurance race. The object of the race is to pass a certain amount of cars each day. Doing so will allow you to continue racing. On the first day, you must pass 200 cars, and on each following day you must pass 300 cars in order to survive.
[edit] Weather
In Enduro, weather and time of day were factors in how to play. During the day you may drive through an icy patch on the road which would limit your control on your vehicle, or you may be hit by a patch of fog which would reduce visibility.
As the days change your visitiblity changes as well. When it is night in the game you can only see the oncoming cars headlights. As the days progress, the cars will become more difficult to avoid as well.
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Roadbuster
As with many Activision games at the time, if the player was able to do a task in the game, take picture of the screen showing they've done it, Activision would send them a patch proclaiming their victory.
In Enduro, If a player succeeded to race five days or more, an on-screen racing trophy would pop-up before them on the screen. If they sent a picture of this to Activision, they would receive a patch declaring them an "Activision Roadbuster"
[edit] Contest
In 1983, Activision ran the "Enduro Race-For-Riches Sweepstakes". The grand prize was a Datsun 280ZX pace car and a trip for two to Caesars Palace Grand Prix Weekend. The second prize was a Datsun 200SX Hatchback SL, third prize was a trip for two to Caesars Palace Grand Prix Weekend, the fourth prize was one of fifty radio controlled cars, the fifth prize was one of fivehundred Activision Grand Prix video game cartridges, sixth prize was one of two thousand Datsun Racing posters.[1].
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[edit] External links
- Enduro at AtariAge
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