Hey gang, Hell froze over! There were actually Atari 2600 games at Game Crazy I didn't have! I got Raiders of the Lost Ark & Q-Bert, each for a buck. I had a Q-Bert, but it didn't fit in the hole. I now have one that does. Now my collection is up to 80 Atari 2600 games. I also got Yoshi's Cookie for Game Boy. It's not on Nintendo's official Game Boy game list, but there it was. And I bought it. Now, I'll do the review of Tapeworm:

Can you name a video game after a parasite? Apparently, the people at Spectravision thought people would actually buy a game called Tapeworm. Yes, that's its name. Now say "Who wants Tapeworm?" Get the drift? This game also is about as fun as having a tapeworm. Basically, it's Nibbles. For those of you who don't know what Nibbles is, you guide a snake (or in this case, tapeworm), across the screen eating dots. The more dots you get, the longer the tapeworm gets. If you run into yourself or the border, you lose a life. And if that wasn't bad enough, they added enemies. That's right. Touch one of these things that move left/right or up/down the screen in a line periodically and you lose a life. Most of the time, they come so fast and they come at a point where you can't avoid them. And get this, there's a time limit to getting to the dots (or in this case, flashing squares.) If you don't get to one fast enough, two more pop up on the screen. And the time limit isn't shown in numbers. No, to make things more difficult, the time limit is shown by a spider getting nearer towards a fruit. When the spider gets to the fruit, two more squares pop up. So what this all boils down to is, some idiot botched Nibbles by putting a whole bunch of stupid extra crap in it, called it Tapeworm and actually sold it. Only get it if you're a fan of Q-Basic games and difficult arcade games, otherwise, don't get infected.

I'll be doing more reviews of Atari 2600 games as my collection gets bigger and has more interesting titles. Up next is a review of Word Zapper, which I want to post tomorrow.