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Gas Hog

You are in your vehicle which has terrible fuel efficiency. A real gas hog. You are trying to travel along but there is one or more ships above you that are trying to bomb you. To make things worse, there are…

1 January 1983

Gas Hog is a video game, released 1 January 1983 on Atari 2600.

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What Gas Hog is

Gas Hog was released in 1983. It was published by Spectravideo International Ltd.. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are in your vehicle which has terrible fuel efficiency. A real gas hog. You are trying to travel along but there is one or more ships above you that are trying to bomb you. To make things worse, there are holes in the road and other ships you need to shoot so as to not ram them. As you go along, you can accelerate or decelerate to avoid being bombed but be careful because you might ram some ships near the ground. You can jump to avoid them or blast them for points. You will also see numbers along your way. Run into them to acquire their point value. Do not shoot them or their value will be deducted from you score. As this is Gas Hog, you will soon run low on fuel. You must get below…
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What it launched against

Gas Hog launched on 1 January 1983, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Grand Prix.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Grand Prix.

Official trailer

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When did Gas Hog come out?
Gas Hog was released on 1 January 1983 for Atari 2600.