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| Avalanche There's no question that Activision's Kaboom (by Larry Kaplan) was a rendition of Coin-op Avalanche. Ever dream about fending off a tremendous rockslide with only a stacked series of paddles? Then Avalanche was the game for you. This early Atari title wasn't exatcly the black and white equivalent of a Swiss Alps nightmare, but it was the closest a video game could come in 1978. At the top of the screen, were several rows of rocks, which could drop at any second. Your task was to maneuver your paddles underneath the rocks, catching them before they hit the bottom of the screen. With its rotating paddle control, Avalanche played like a game of Breakout in reverse -- this time, the blocks were trying to clobber YOU. Kaboom! was originally going to be an Atari-produced 2600 port of their 1978 arcade game, Avalanche. |
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