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Atari 2600 joystick: |
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Joystick control: |
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Player 1: |
Player 2: |
joystick |
↑↓←→ |
TGFH |
trigger |
Spacebar |
A |
RESET |
F12 |
F12 |
SELECT |
F11 |
F11 |
Pause |
Alt+P |
Alt+P |
Save |
F8 |
F8 |
black-white / color mode: F2 |
paddle / joystick mode: Alt+L |
Help: |
This Atari game is emulated by JavaScript only. If you prefere to use Java applet emulator, please follow this link. |
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Other platforms:
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Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. Be patient :-)
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Game info: |
box cover
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Game title: |
Sky Jinks |
Console: |
Atari 2600 |
Author (released): |
Activision (1982) |
Genre: |
Racing |
Mode: |
Single-player |
Design: |
Robert H. Whitehead |
Music: |
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Game manual: |
manual.pdf
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File size: |
1572 kB |
Download: |
not available (stream only)
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Game size: |
2 kB |
Recommended emulator: |
Stella |
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
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Sky Jinks is an air racing-themed video game developed by Bob Whitehead for the Atari 2600 video game console, and published by Activision in 1982. It is one of the earliest vertically scrolling video games, and one of the first video games to simulate a drop shadow with 2D computer graphics.
In the mid-1980s, social psychologist Roy Baumeister used the game in his psychological research into performance anxiety. Activision anthologized Sky Jinks in the Playstation CD-ROM A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 (1998), and in the multi-platform collection Activision Anthology (2002). In 2010, they republished the game through Microsoft's Game Room service.
In Sky Jinks, the player pilots a low-flying Seversky XP-41 airplane through a time trial. To complete a game level, the player must bank around a prescribed number of pylons. The XP-41 can bank left and right, as well as accelerate and decelerate. Flying into a pylon, tree, or hot air balloon slows down the plane.
The game comprises four predefined courses—Polo Grounds, Aero Race, Love Field, and Speedy Meadows—as well as a pseudo-randomly-generated course called Thompson Tourney.
More details about this game can be found on
Wikipedia.org.
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For fans and collectors:
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Find this game on video server
YouTube.com
or
Vimeo.com.
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Buy original game or Atari 2600 console on
Amazon.com
or
eBay.com.
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Find digital download of this game on
GOG
or
Steam.
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Videogame Console: |
This version of Sky Jinks was designed for Atari 2600, which was commercially very successful video game console of second generation produced by Atari from 1977 to 1992. It was the first console that used removable memory modules with games. At the time of its greatest fame, more than 30 million units of this console were sold for about $ 200 a piece. To date, the game library for this console contains nearly 1,000 original games. More information about the
Atari 2600 can be found here. |
Recommended Game Controllers:
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You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB joystick that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a joystick, buy a suitable USB controller in Amazon or in some of your favorite online stores.
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Available online emulators: |
4 different online emulators are available for Sky Jinks. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For
maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic
features of each emulator available for this game Sky Jinks are summarized in the following table:
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Emulator
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Technology
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Multiplayer
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USB gamepad
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Touchscreen
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Without ads
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Javatari
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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NO
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YES
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NeptunJS
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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NO
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NO
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EmulatorJS
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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YES
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NO
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JStella
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Java applet
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YES
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NO
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NO
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YES
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