VIRUS

📜You received an email with a link you shouldn't have clicked. You knew you shouldn't have, but curiosity or distraction got the better of you: you clicked and downloaded the FOLDER15 virus. Immediately, your desktop begins to fill up uncontrollably with folders containing all your personal data. It's not just an overloaded system: the hacker on the other side of the screen is ready to start downloading these files the moment the folders contain all your data. You have to be extremely quick and use your reflexes to select the folders and drag them to the recycle bin before the hacker can download them all and steal your digital life. Every second counts.

💾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.  Move the mouse pointer over the folder. Press and release the Fire button. The folder turns gray. Drag it to the recycle bin and press the Fire button to delete it. A folder is running quickly across your desktop. Don't let it hit you. The computer gets hacked if the running folder hits the mouse pointer or if 15 folders appear on the desktop. Not all hackers are infallible, and this virus has a bug. When there are 13 folders on the desktop, the screen changes color, an alarm sounds, and a WHITE folder appears. By touching the white folder with the mouse pointer, all the folders on the desktop disappear.

🏆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.