Atari A to Z Flashback: Fire Truck

If, in 1978, you ever entertained any childish fantasies of being a fireman, then Atari had the video game for you!

Fire Truck was an unusual spin on the top-down driving game in which you took control of a distinctly retro (even at the time) fire engine on its way to deal with some sort of flame-related emergency. The fire truck has limited fuel and thus is unable to ever get to its destination, but at least you can score some points along the way! Because as we all know, real firemen are rated according to how close to the emergency they got.

Obviously this is mostly made up; the “fire truck” concept is actually an excuse to provide some interesting and unusual two-player cooperative driving gameplay, in which one player steers the cab of the truck and the other the trailer. You can play it single-player too, but for maximum amusement, bring a friend.

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One thought on “Atari A to Z Flashback: Fire Truck”

  1. Atari weren’t the only ones! Towering Inferno, and Fire Fighter were on the mighty 2600. The former being a surprisingly great game based off of a movie. The latter being one of the only boring efforts from Imagic. Ah well, can’t win ’em all.

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