BUNKER

📜Deep within the earth, in an underground bunker, there is a robot responsible for the lighting system. Its entire existence is bound to an inflexible mandate: it must not let the various light bulbs in the structure go out. The task is grueling, as the lights consume a great deal of energy. To counteract this continuous drain, the robot must incessantly move between the various floors of the bunker, climbing up and down using a ladder, with the sole purpose of retrieving batteries to recharge the central power reserve. However, this process conceals a grave danger: sparks constantly fly from the power reserve. If one of these sparks hits the robot, the impact creates a short circuit that instantly blows out the light bulbs, ruining all its efforts to keep the last bastion of light alive underground.

💾The download includes the game ROM, PDF manual, and BEZEL for the Stella emulator. The demo (a single level of play) is available for download or to play in browser.

💻Press SELECT to start the game.  Retrieve the batteries and take them to the energy reserve base to replenish it before it runs out and the light bulbs go out one by one. To go up and down the stairs you must be perfectly centered on them. Even to get off a floor you have to be perfectly aligned. A spark from the energy reserve is attracted to the robot, and if it hits it, you lose a light bulb. You can use a battery as a shield to repel it. You also lose a light bulb if the energy reserve runs out. You have five light bulbs to save before the bunker plunges into darkness.

🏆I make games exclusively for the Atari 2600 and would like to get into the Guinness Book of Records as the single person/company to have made the most games for a single console. More than Atari itself. That's why I've set myself the goal of making at least 180. I'd like to do that by the end of the year.

🎮The games I released last year (over 40) will be free to download forever, but to fund this endeavor, the ones released in 2026 will be available for the ridiculous price of $2 (not exactly everyone 😉). If you'd like to help, I'd be grateful.

👍🏻You'll also find new releases on   Mastodon,    Bluesky ,     X  and     Facebook    where you'd be welcome to leave a like.

🔨I can make custom games for free for anyone who requests them (as long as they're within my capabilities). Email me at the address below. 

  Atari2600gamemaker@yahoo.com

🤖AI Disclosure: This game was entirely programmed and written by me without the use of AI. Artificial intelligence was used solely to assist in the creation of the graphical assets.