Achieved at : 2023-04-01
Rank : 3
(80% worse)
Lups : 51
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2023-04-26
| General Rules: |
Game must be played on the actual hardware. Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 credit. No continues. 1 player mode only. No use of trainers, cheats, auto-fire (when not default present in-game) , game saves, or cheat codes. Can be overruled by the Specific Rules. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
| Specific Rules: | Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings |
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Black Widow is one of the lesser known (relatively) Atari arcade machines. It was released (hatched?) in 1982 and features Atari's characteristic vector graphics system. It was written by Bruce Merritt.
In this shooter you control a spider on a web and must destroy other insects of varying types and abilities. Collect any $ symbols left behind for points. It's all very hectic in the way you would expect from an Atari arcade machine. I found the game a little tricky to control on PC as the original game features two control sticks - one to move and one to fire. To get the best out of this game you are recommended to use a twin-stick style controller.
I didn't have much time to dedicate to learning this game, but for the time I did play, I enjoyed it a lot. Once you've got your controller set up, it quickly becomes instinctive.
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari Vault on PC. The date of play was the 1st April 2023. The final score was 26,600.
Time stamps:
00:20 Showing default options selected in Atari Vault.
00:38 Machine loaded.
00:36 Game start, selecting Level 1 (Novice).
00:44 Gameplay begins.
02:02 First life lost.
02:17 Second life lost.
03:15 Third life lost. Game Over. Final score 18,441 points.
03:22 High score table and initials entry.
In this shooter you control a spider on a web and must destroy other insects of varying types and abilities. Collect any $ symbols left behind for points. It's all very hectic in the way you would expect from an Atari arcade machine. I found the game a little tricky to control on PC as the original game features two control sticks - one to move and one to fire. To get the best out of this game you are recommended to use a twin-stick style controller.
I didn't have much time to dedicate to learning this game, but for the time I did play, I enjoyed it a lot. Once you've got your controller set up, it quickly becomes instinctive.
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari Vault on PC. The date of play was the 1st April 2023. The final score was 26,600.
Time stamps:
00:20 Showing default options selected in Atari Vault.
00:38 Machine loaded.
00:36 Game start, selecting Level 1 (Novice).
00:44 Gameplay begins.
02:02 First life lost.
02:17 Second life lost.
03:15 Third life lost. Game Over. Final score 18,441 points.
03:22 High score table and initials entry.