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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Videogame Review, Heavy Barrel for the Arcade (w/ Atari VCS 800)

Videogame Review, Heavy Barrel for the Arcade (w/ Atari VCS 800)


It’s a generic classic.  You run into enemies and fire, with ongoing features.  The game isn’t realistic by any means; in fact, enemies just disappear in thin air after passing away.  Comedy work like this speaks on dynamics to consider for fighting an army.  You’ll see that the enemies are not very smart.  But, it’s a challenge!  I’m playing with the Xbox-style controller for my Atari VCS 800.  Please don’t think I’m lying.  I do my best and play hard with actual descriptions.  There’s feeling.  Besides, this a real classic from the past.  Today the game still manages to stand out.  A weapon with the name “heavy barrel” sounds interesting and plays like a rock in fumes.  Unfortunately, I can’t use Atari’s classic joystick as a rotary.  Instead I just play Heavy Barrel with an Xbox-style controller and use more action buttons for gun movement.  You do have the option to use both thumbsticks; but, the right thumbstick is more of a theory and not so much of a practical means of execution.  Right this moment, you can use either the right thumbstick or some action buttons for turning a gun with your character.  Personally I prefer the action buttons.  When getting in the heat of battle I really need buttons for gun movement and using both thumbsticks would make my gun movement loose and unpredictable.  Keep in mind that Heavy Barrel was originally released in the arcade with its own special controller.  Of course, Heavy Barrel isn’t really about “control” and a controller is a figure of speech.  A controller should exist when there’s “control” as in what the word “controller” means in general.  Yet we do play good games that are not so much about control as they are about atmosphere in skills.  There’s a lot of atmosphere in Heavy Barrel.  At present the arcade game is the best way for the arcade game even if the NES version for the Nintendo Entertainment System is the greatest introduction to Heavy Barrel for beginners.  Like I’ve said, the game isn’t realistic exactly.  Even in modern standards, a computer must be a computer.  We may call a “computer” these days something else like “device” or “screen” or “TV” but there’s still the same reference in the end.  Meaning has evolved over time. Heavy Barrel is a thrill ride to begin with for shooting enemies who don’t know about the dark purpose, or, secret of destruction.  Good guys and bad guys can all look the same.  That’s interesting, because we often like to make good guys and bad guys into separated meanings and divided appearances.  If anything, just deciding to be the good guy can mean so much destruction to everybody else, since good judgement is a separated meaning for life and death between moments of struggle.  If you refuse to play this old game, you’re not a loser, because you can only “lose” from attempt at gameplay; however, you’re also not a winner.  If you can’t lose, you can’t win.  It’s easy to lose really quickly in Heavy Barrel and the high scores become levels of frustration over anxiety in confidence.  You won’t need automatic fire.  The Xbox-style controller is easy on the hands and feels just right for an Atari product.  Call this “PC gaming”.  Heavy Barrel is available on a PC program called Antstream.  It’s a service for playing hundreds of old, vintage videogames for free or for low cost.  You’ll be happy for free gameplay.  Heavy Barrel has dramatic consequences involved for excitement and drama.  The fire power is heavy, provocative, and complicated of touch and feel.  Control freaks won’t enjoy Heavy Barrel. It’s a game for power and authority.  “Control” is not a big part of the scenery.  The best I can say for Heavy Barrel is that I have a working device; not so much for control, but for warlike battles and confrontations with a ridiculous army.  Make no mistake.  This isn’t a lie.  With approval, I observe respect.




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