A tribute to one of the best games on the Atari 2600

At the controls Steer←→ or AD Speed up↑ or W Slow down↓ or S FireSpace / Z Game ResetEnter Pause · MuteP · M On a gamepad The joystickstick or D-pad FireA · B · X · Y Game ResetStart PauseBack The Atari joystick has one button and eight directions, so every face button fires. Sound starts after your first click or key press; that is the browser's rule, not the cartridge's. Fuel The gauge under the river runs from E to F. It drains every frame you fly, faster than it looks, and a warning tone starts once it drops below a quarter. Fly over a depot and the tank refills while you stay on it. Shoot a depot instead and it is worth 80 points, but the fuel is gone. Lives You start with three jets and earn another every 10,000 points, up to nine. After a crash the river rewinds to the start of the section and replays it exactly, because the cartridge saved its random numbers there.