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Sky Jinks

You control a small plane and have to fly slalom around a preset amount of pylons. You have to pass the red pylons on the right side and the blue ones on the left side. Missing a pylon will result in a three…

15 November 1982

Sky Jinks is an arcade developed by Activision, released 15 November 1982 on Atari 2600.

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What Sky Jinks is

Sky Jinks is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You control a small plane and have to fly slalom around a preset amount of pylons. You have to pass the red pylons on the right side and the blue ones on the left side. Missing a pylon will result in a three second penalty. Flying into the pylons, trees or hot-air balloons will cost you time as well. There are five different game modes: The first four game modes only differ in terms of the number of pylons you have to pass (25, 50, 75, 99). In th fifth game mode you still have to pass 99 pylons but they are placed along the course randomly. You can also change the difficulty level from easy to hard which will place obstacles like trees either directly in your line of flight or out of your…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sky Jinks launched on 15 November 1982, within three weeks of The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot and Millipede.

Released around the same time: The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot, Millipede.

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When did Sky Jinks come out?
Sky Jinks was released on 15 November 1982 for Atari 2600.

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