#117: Worse Than E.T.? #3: Airlock

Into The Vertical Blank

Airlock A game that takes "worse Than E.T." to a whole new level.
Did Data Age make games worse than the supposed worst game ever, E.T. for the Atari VCS? Were they also one of the culprits responsible for the North American Video Game Crash? Have we found the worst Atari VCS game ever made?
Watch and find out.

Plus: Embarrassed by my poor play of Airlock, I went back and tried to figure out what I was doing wrong. What I found was a combination of user error, RTFM and a flaw of the 2600+ that all contributed to my poor play. But none of that made the game any better.

Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwaDhSNKh38&feature=youtu.be

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Correction: The Article from Arcade Express about Data Age filing chapter 11 was from May 8, 1983, not May 8, 1984, which makes a lot more sense in context.

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