The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1983)

VSS, Inc.

Atari 2600

1.67 from 12 ratings

24 members have it in their collection · 3 backlogged · 4 wish listed

You play the role of Leatherface and go around and kill innocent people. Just watch out for those wheelchairs.
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Details

Developers
VSS, Inc.
Publishers
Wizard Video Games
Genres
Arcade
Themes
Action, Horror
Franchises
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Release dates

  • Mar 14, 1983 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari 2600
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Rating distribution

5 stars
0
4 stars
0
3 stars
0
2 stars
8
1 star
4
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scoopings

Review scoopings 2/5 · Feb 25, 2022

Oddly Lighthearted For An, Uh, Slasher Game

Look: 7/10 Oddly, uh, pretty and lighthearted looking for a game based on Texas Chainsaw Massacre lol enter image description here

Sound: 6/10 Mostly annoying, tho I like the chainsaw sound.

Play: 6/10 You can kill a human. enter image description here

But otherwise, the use of the chainsaw is too clunky and goofy, and thus the actual gameplay gets too repetitive and slow and, well, redundant-feeling.

Feel: …

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Look: 7/10 Oddly, uh, pretty and lighthearted looking for a game based on Texas Chainsaw Massacre lol enter image description here

Sound: 6/10 Mostly annoying, tho I like the chainsaw sound.

Play: 6/10 You can kill a human. enter image description here

But otherwise, the use of the chainsaw is too clunky and goofy, and thus the actual gameplay gets too repetitive and slow and, well, redundant-feeling.

Feel: 7/10 Is this the first game where you kill a human? Certainly the first one as a violent slasher situation heh. I love the original movie, and I love videogames based on movies. But I think it's gonna be a few years before I get to the more meaningfully-adapted games, like The Goonies on MSX. The utter absurdity of the wheelchair concept, etc., could warrant a higher rating overall, but it just wasn't fun enough to legitimize that. Still, unforgettable and special to me heh.

Attachment: 7/10 Definitely not a game I will forget, but also not a game I will be returning to! Classic example of the downfall of the Atari, along with E.T. etc.

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