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The timeless question of "Why did the chicken cross the road?" can finally be answered by Atari VCS owners: to earn points. Freeway involves guiding a clueless chicken up and down ten horizontal expressways, trying to score as many points as possible within the time limit of two minutes and 16 seconds. Each time your chicken makes it safely to the other side, you'll receive one point. Cars and trucks move across the screen at varying speeds, similar to the coin-op game Frogger. Making contact with traffic will either knock your chicken back one lane or send your chicken back to the start, depending on the difficulty setting. Freeway was designer David Crane's fourth Atari VCS game for publisher Activision.

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PublisherActivision

UPC0047875100091

eBay Product ID (ePID)56234918

Product Key Features

GenreAction & Adventure

PlatformAtari 2600

Game NameFreeway

Additional Product Features

Release Year1981

Number of Players1-2

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Control ElementsGamepad/Joystick

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4.9

12 product ratings

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by kiasam_7juv9sjy
Feb 17, 2019
Simple, yet fun.
It's a little like Frogger but you only move forward and backward, not left and right. Whoever reaches the top of the screen the most times in 136 seconds is the winner. 10 different game variations to keep things interesting. Good, clean graphics and surprisingly good sound. Great competitive fun for two players.
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by jawhit5721
May 17, 2024
very good game
I bought this cartridge for my Atari 2600+ and it works fine. No problems loading and it's every bit as fun as I remember it. A great game for the Atari 2600+
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by rogeston_9
Jun 25, 2020
love it
great game love it hope to see more games frome you thank you
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by cametricjackso-0
Jan 31, 2023
Great game
At first I had a problem with it working but I waited on and tried again and it started to work
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by jka1586
Jun 22, 2020
Watch out for the cars!
Good game for the day
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by phelios90
Apr 24, 2025
Took a few tries to get it working but o...
Took a few tries to get it working but once I did, I remembered how fun these were. Thanks.
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by chxmcumpt4e@deleted
Feb 16, 2019
Fun old school game
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by joltbolt77
Feb 17, 2021
Awesome Atari Cartridge Display!
This is NOT the actual Freeway Atari cartridge. It is a very inventive and remarkable way to “show off” or display the nostalgic Atari cartridges;in this case David Crane’s iconic game Freeway.
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by pac-man
Feb 15, 2025
Absolutely amazing quality! You are the ...
Absolutely amazing quality! You are the best! 5 STARS!!!!!
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by sull-341
Sep 27, 2024
Item works and is in great shape....
Item works and is in great shape.
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