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Pixel Ripped 1978: An Atari Adventure

77% positive of 53 Steam reviews

Released: 2023
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Platforms: Steam, PlayStation

Made by ARVORE. Published by Atari.

About the game

Game dev simulator! Now you can live it! Pixel Ripped 1978: An Atari Adventure is a love letter to everything ATARI. Players are caught in a whacky time-traveling adventure as one of the main programmers at ATARI. Get INSIDE the gaming world to prevent history from being rewritten!

Tagged by players

Voxel
VR
Alternate History
Time Travel
Platformer
Shooter
2D Platformer
Female Protagonist
Arcade
Exploration
Funny
First-Person

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What players say

Recommended
The game itself, as in the core experience, is awesome. The meta-elements of how the real and virtual worlds merge are still here from first two, although this time you get to do some actual exploration of the virtual world yourself. You can find solutions to problems in that 3D virtual space that would've blocked you on a 2D computer screen. So switching back and forth between the real and virtual world is an…
8.5 h played when written. 15 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Pixel Ripped 1995 is my favorite VR game of all time (tied with Duck Season). 1978 is a good addition to the series. I enjoyed it more than 1989, but it didn't hit home like 1995 did (I'm a kid of the late 80s early-90s, so nostalgia bias wins out there). The playtime for '78 was a bit longer than '89/'95 for me, but for whatever reasons, '95 felt longer. There are new mechanics that give '78 a very distinctive…
4.7 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Remember the Atari crash of the 1980s? Well, this game perfectly recreates that when you reach the year 1980 and the game crashes. 10/10 for the memes but 0/10 for playability. If I managed to play the rest of the game, it would be alright. I had more fun with 1995 - it felt more cohesive and the level design was more interesting and varied - but 1978 is still pretty good. I just can't recommend it if I can't finish…
3.2 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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