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Bank Heist (Atari 2600)

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The left and right difficulty switches alter how hard the game is. When the left difficulty switch is set to A, the cop cars are smarter in catching the Getaway Car; when it's set to B, enemy cars move in a more set pattern. When the right difficulty switch is set to A, the banks appear in random
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out the tail pipe of the Getaway Car (however, dynamite can also destroy the Getaway Car). The player starts out with four spare cars (lives). Lives are lost by running out of fuel, being hit by dynamite, or hitting a cop car. If the player can rob nine banks in one city, an extra car is earned.
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car to appear, as well as another bank. Up to three cars can be present in a city at a time. Cars can be destroyed by dropping
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spots; when the switch is set to B, the banks appear in preset locations.
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Developer(s)
20th Century Fox
Publisher(s)
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Atari 2600
1983
Genre(s)
Maze
Single-player
Atari 2600
20th Century Fox

Pac-Man
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banks
police
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