Bobby Is Home - Atari 2600 homebrew game
A downloadable game
Story
After decades of wandering through a dangerous and deceptive world that bore no resemblance to the promised colorful and peaceful paradise he hoped to find, Bobby finally finds his way home. But the terrors of this messed-up world have long since spread into his mothers’ house, where the worst monsters of them all are wreaking havoc and have seized power.
Bobby knows he has to fight one last battle to make things right. He knows that just leaping around wouldn’t help him this time. He has to put everything on the line to see his mother again at least one last time.
Please help Bobby to fight through the night, clean up the mess at home, and be reunited with his mom at dawn.
The game is a standard 32kByte (F4 bankswitching) binary. No DPC+, PXE, etc necessary.
Demo
You may download the demo versions for NTSC and PAL60 for free to try the game first and maybe check compatibility with your system if necessary. In comparison to the full version, the score won't count up and stays at 0000 in the demos.
Thanks a lot for supporting the homebrew game development by your purchase!
Enjoy the game and have fun! :)
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Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Comments
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What a wonderful and incredibly good game for the atari. Really great work!
Just had a go of the demo and it's good fun. My frayed nerves might've had enough by now, though :)
If it wouldn't be too difficult, I would like to see a PG version with a fully clothed Custer, you know, for my kids! The game itself is incredible!!
Hi Almaric, thanks a lot for your support! I am happy you like the game, but I am afraid that PG version will not happen as this would ruin the reference to the original Custer game. Or lets say this already _is_ the PG version because in the original the "Custer" was three pixels long instead of one like here :)
I hope you can still enjoy the game with your kids!
Thank you for not caving into this request.
I have two questions:
1. What has changed in 1.3?
2. What is the significance of reviving the zombie girlfriend? Is it just for bonus points?
Nevertheless, this is a phenomenal video game in general, and a great feature in the Atari 2600 ecosystem; massive kudos :D
Hi! Thanks for the feedback! :)
Version 1.3 only has two tiny fixes:
Yes, healing Lilly is just for points. And your Karma.
I heard a physical copy I can enjoy on my 2600+ will be coming from Opcode Games (on one of ZPH's last videos). I looked at their site but did not see it. Maybe a special edition of artwork too that looks closer to the so-cheesy-it's-good Bobby is Going Home cover art?
Robinson, thank you for your interest! Opcode and their illustrators are currently working on the box and manual artwork. I guess as soon as the cover is done, the game will be available for preorder on the Opcode website.