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Any child of the 80's will
tell fond memories of the watching the Dukes of Hazzard
and how cool they thought the Dukes were. Unfortunately,
if you happen to catch the Dukes in a rerun on cable
nowadays, everybody seems to agree that they are about as
cool as having bodily parts slowly lowered into a
chipper-shredder while they're still attached to
you. This game is about as enjoyable as that. Atari took
two stabs at doing a Dukes of Hazzard game and
unfortunately failed miserably at both. While it is a
complete game and seems to be ready for release, frankly,
the gameplay sucks and this dog was put to sleep for a
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You, of course, control the
General Lee attempting to get to the jail in time to save
Dixie Duke before Boss Hogg gets to her. That's the big purple blob if
you're looking at the picture above - now I don't know about you, but I
personally remember the General Lee being orange, but whatever. You need
to avoid the police cars, the white blob in the picture above,
using... er... SOMETHING to
help disable the police if they are chasing you (these are flashing dots
on the road you can pick up and press the FIRE button to drop -
they cause the police car to spin out). When you get to the jail, pull up
to the back and you are treated to a cutscene of the General Lee jumping a
canyon and the next level starts. |
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Best Electronics was selling
copies of this prototype for quite a while. While they
are now sold out, it is unclear whether they were making
the carts themselves or if they were from an aborted
commercial release of this game. No one is talking with
an exact answer to that question, but one play of this
stinker will give a very good example of why the Crash of
1983 took place. Companies were churning out crap like
this on a regular basis - the manufacturer did good by
shelving this one, but it still stands as an interesting
prototype none the less just because it was ready for
release...
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