Funny thing that Raiders of the lost Ark for Atari 2600 was my first game ever, along with Mickey Sorceres's Apprentice.
I admit that the game is hard, Luckily i had the manual, i couldn't read at that age, but my dad read the manual for me, it describes THE WHOLE GAME and gives you advice in HOW you must play to finish it, in the End we manage to beat it many times. The higher you stand at the End (in relation to the Ark) is your score.
is true that you select items with the second controller. you have a whip, a pistol, a compass (to find the Ark in the map room), a flute (to make sneaks sleep), bombs (to open a hole in the first screen), theres even a black market when you should buy a shove, overall is a good game. but its not user friendly at the beginning
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