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Barnstorming Standard label
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System: Atari 2600
Company: Activision
Model #: AX013
Year of Release: n/a
Media Type: Cartridge
Number of Players: 1
Controller: Atari Joystick
 
Staff:
   Steve Cartwright (Programmer)
 Common+
 North America
 NTSC
 
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Steve Cartwright was inspired to program Barnstorming during his first week at Activision when he was driving home and saw a biplane pulling a banner advertisement. With that image in mind, he created the horizontally scrolling game that came to be called Barnstorming. The game is notable as being the first Activision game with a sunset in the horizon, which was an impressive feat with the Atari 2600 (it was difficult to map all the colors on the screen at the same time due to the limited memory of the 2600). The effect was so popular that other programmers reused the code in other Activision games.


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Appears In Catalogs
Activision (AG-940-08) - Page 5
Activision - Spring 1982 (AG-940-8) - Page 9
Activision - Summer 1982 (AG-940-9) - Page 7
Activision - Fall 1982 (AG-940-10) - Page 6
Activision - Winter 1982 (AG-940-10) - Page 9
Activision - Winter/Spring 1983 (AG-940-11) - Page 11


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