In Sky Jinks, the player pilots a low-flying Seversky XP-41[3] airplane through a time trial. To complete a game level, the player must bank around a prescribed number of pylons (left for blue and right for red). The XP-41 can bank left and right, as well as accelerate and decelerate. Flying into a pylon (which counts), tree, or hot air balloon slows down the plane.
The game has four courses: Polo Grounds, Aero Race, Love Field, and Speedy Meadows. There is also a pseudo-randomly-generated course called Thompson Tourney.[3]
Activision anthologized Sky Jinks in the PlayStation title A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 (1998) and in the multi-platform collection Activision Anthology (2002).
^Beilock, Sian (2010). Choke: Use the Secrets of Your Brain to Succeed When It Matters Most. New York: Free Press. pp. 244–45. ISBN9781416596172. OCLC 464593186. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
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Sky Jinks at Atari Mania
October 15, 2023
jinks, vertically, scrolling, racing, themed, video, game, developed, whitehead, atari, 2600, video, game, console, published, activision, 1982, developer, activisionpublisher, activisionprogrammer, whitehead, platform, atari, 2600releasena, 1982genre, racingm. Sky Jinks is a vertically scrolling air racing themed video game developed by Bob Whitehead for the Atari 2600 video game console 2 and published by Activision in 1982 Sky JinksDeveloper s ActivisionPublisher s ActivisionProgrammer s Bob Whitehead 1 Platform s Atari 2600ReleaseNA 1982Genre s RacingMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Legacy 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGameplay EditIn Sky Jinks the player pilots a low flying Seversky XP 41 3 airplane through a time trial To complete a game level the player must bank around a prescribed number of pylons left for blue and right for red The XP 41 can bank left and right as well as accelerate and decelerate Flying into a pylon which counts tree or hot air balloon slows down the plane The game has four courses Polo Grounds Aero Race Love Field and Speedy Meadows There is also a pseudo randomly generated course called Thompson Tourney 3 Legacy EditIn the mid 1980s social psychologist Roy Baumeister used the game in his psychological research into performance anxiety 4 Activision anthologized Sky Jinks in the PlayStation title A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600 1998 and in the multi platform collection Activision Anthology 2002 See also Edit nbsp Video games portal nbsp 1980s portalList of Atari 2600 games List of Activision games 1980 1999 Skiing 1980 a similar skiing game written by Bob Whitehead for ActivisionReferences Edit Hague James The Giant list of Classic Game Programmers Sky Jinks Atari Age Retrieved 24 May 2013 a b Weiss Brett 2007 Classic Home Video Games 1972 1984 A Complete Reference Guide Jefferson McFarland amp Company p 105 ISBN 9780786432264 OCLC 124036221 Retrieved 25 May 2013 Beilock Sian 2010 Choke Use the Secrets of Your Brain to Succeed When It Matters Most New York Free Press pp 244 45 ISBN 9781416596172 OCLC 464593186 Retrieved 25 May 2013 External links EditSky Jinks at Atari Mania Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sky Jinks amp oldid 1104971608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
