Atari 2600

I just got an Atari 2600 from eBay awhile back. It had a small selection of games that came with it; such as, Mountain King, Adventure, Yar's Revenge, Volleyball, Mission Control, and the all time classic, Space Invaders. But there was one game that caught my eye. It was a blank cartridge with some cryptic writing on the front reading, 'MIST' in all capital letters. I put the cartridge into my Atari and turned the switch forwards.

The game started out with a black screen. Then, the game started after a minute of silence. The game showed a white dot in the middle of the screen. Exactly in the middle. The text MIST showed up at the top, and a bunch of random soundbites from other games started to play when I pressed the FIRE button. It stopped after 10 seconds. The game started. You're just a little white dot traveling through complete darkness with no music, then a sound bite scared the shit out of me, just a loud high pitched 8-bit sound. I guess it was supposed to be a scream of some sort. I kept holding the joystick right trying to find something. Then, I found a mysterious glitched up sprite in the top right corner. It was a bunch of colors mixed together, it was making a horrible screeching sound. The game then crashed. Must of been a malfunction, I thought. I played around with the Difficulty switches on the Title Screen. The Number 2 Appeared. I pressed the fire button and the game automatically started.

It was a poor man's version of Space Invaders, with only 1 invader. The sprites didn't even look like space ships. It was pretty weird, I guess it was just another game added on. My game froze. I restarted my Atari.

I turned on MIST and waited for the screen to show up. It never did. It showed MIST and that was it. I clicked the FIRE button. Nothing happened. Then I heard a bunch of weird glitchy shit. I then ejected the game and cleaned it. I turned it back on. There was no Black Screen. It went directly to the game. I was the white dot. Text appeared at the top saying LEFT. I went left for awhile, it seemed like forever. But there was another white dot. It was following me. Then, there was text at the top saying 'STOP'. Then a text box appeared at the bottom. This was very advanced to be an Atari Game. I could actually type in stuff. I typed it WHY. There was no reply. I kept going left until I got an answer, at the top the text read: DEATH. That was fucked up. I started to get creeped out now. I searched in the box the Atari Games came in, I found a game manual for MIST. It said MIST in white on the cover. I'll type out the manual, its only 1 page.

MIST

Object: Follow the Mist, Be the Mist, You are the Mist.

Instructions:

Become the MIST.

How to Play:

You are yourself. Wandering in the world called MIST. No one knows you. You are no one. You're nobody. You will never be anyone. You are the MIST. Follow yourself.

Controls:

Joystick - Move Around

Fire - Nothing.

Difficulty Settings:

1 - MIST PART 1

2 - Space Shooters

3 - MIST PART 2

(NOTE)

in mist part 1 there is another being. it is everything and everyone you ever loved.

I thought that was very strange. I played MIST PART 1.

MIST PART 1:

The game started and there was no music. I wandered around, I found the sprite. The game manual said it was everything and everyone I ever loved. That is creepy. I went over the sprite and touched it. I was warped to a strange white room. My dot was black now. Text appeared at the top saying RIGHT. I went right. I kept going. It seemed like I was traveling right for HOURS. It was only 10 minutes though. I reached text saying PART 2.

Space Shooters:

It sucks. Just a simple Space Invaders rip-off with one invader.

MIST PART 2:

The game started. There was a bunch of sound bites. I ignored them. i was a red dot this time. Text at the top said 'HELL'. I went right. It turned into 'YOU' I went right again. I turned into 'WILL GO'. Then my game froze. My Atari 2600 Broke after that. I bought a New Atari. I've been playing Mountain King, still haven't found all of glitchworld. I sold MIST to my friend. He called me. This was our Conversation.

Hey.

Hi.

What's up?

I love this game!

What? Seriously?

Yes! Its BadAss!

Wow.

What?

That game freaked me out.

Well it doesn't to me. I love that game!

Hahaha. Okay then. Did it break your Atari?

What did?

MIST!

What?

The game I gave you!

The game you gave me Space Shooters.

Is your difficulty on Level 2?

No. Its on Level 1.