Atari 2600 Squish 'Em (Atariage Homebrew)
To play use Left, Right, Up, and Down Arrows and Space Bar. Spacebar also starts the game.
Your objective in Squish 'Em is to climb those 48-floor buildings to grab the cash-filled suitcase
at the top of each one. As if scaling the heights of the buildings was not dangerous enough, you
have to be alert for falling bricks from above and watch for creepy critters who've made these
buildings their home! Once you reach the top of each building, you can grab the suitcase and
continue to the next building.
Along the way you'll encounter a wide range of critters that you must avoid or jump over.
You can even squish the creatures with your feet, but you can only squish each creature once
before they turn white with rage and pop back up, looking for revenge! Once a creature has
turned white you cannot squish it again! In addition to the creatures, each building has a
bonus item that you can collect to receive an extra man.
Squish 'Em was written by veteran Atari 2600 homebrew author Bob Montgomery,
who has several previous 2600 homebrew games under his belt, including Go Fish!,
Reindeer Rescue, and Elevators Amiss. Squish 'Em is a near flawless port of the
old Atari 8-bit computer name of the same name--fans of the original game will be
pleased to see this impressive and addictive incarnation of the game on the Atari 2600!
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