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| Joystick control: | | Player 1: | Player 2: | | joystick | ↑↓←→ | TGFH | | trigger | Spacebar | A | | turbo | Del | . | | RESET | F12 | F12 | | SELECT | F11 | F11 | | Pause | Alt+P | Alt+P | | black-white / color mode: F2 | | paddle / joystick mode: Alt+L |
| Emulation speed: | If the game emulation is slow, try to speed it up by reloading this page without ads or choose another emulator from this table. |
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| | Other platforms: | Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. Be patient :-) |
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| Game info: | 
box cover | Game title: | Indy 500 | | Console: | Atari 2600 | | Author (released): | Atari, Inc. (1977) | | Genre: | Racing | Mode: | Multiplayer | | Design: | Carla Meninsky, Ed Riddle | | Music: | | | Game manual: | manual.pdf | File size: | 1780 kB | | Download: | not available (stream only) | Game size: | 4 kB | | Recommended emulator: | Stella |
| | Detailed game description: | Indy 500 is a top-down racing video game developed and published by Atari for the Atari Video Computer System, later renamed the Atari 2600. Released in 1977 as one of the console’s original launch titles, it was inspired by the Indianapolis 500 and based partly on Atari’s earlier arcade game Indy 800.  | | Indy 500 (Atari 2600) |
The game was designed by Carla Meninsky and Ed Riddle, with Riddle also serving as its programmer. A Sears Tele-Games edition was released under the simpler title Race.
Despite the title, the cartridge contains considerably more than a single conventional race. Its fourteen selectable variations are divided among four main activities: Race Car, Crash n’ Score, Tag and Ice Race. Standard races allow one player to complete as many laps as possible within sixty seconds or two players to compete over twenty-five laps. Crash n’ Score replaces the finish line with a randomly appearing target, while Tag is a two-player pursuit game in which one car attempts to catch the other. Ice Race uses slippery handling that makes acceleration, braking and cornering more difficult.
The different modes are played on several compact circuits and enclosed arenas. The Grand Prix course resembles an open figure eight, while Devil’s Elbow features narrower roads and tighter bends. Other variations use barriers, obstacles and screen-wrapping passages instead of a normal racetrack. Although the graphics consist mainly of simple cars, tracks and score displays, the clear presentation allows both players to follow the action easily. The limited visuals are supported by basic but effective engine and collision sounds.
The game was originally supplied with two Atari Driving Controllers. Although these devices resemble paddle controllers, their knobs can rotate continuously in either direction and generate a two-bit Gray code that allows the car to occupy sixteen different steering positions. The red button accelerates the vehicle, while turning the knob changes its direction. This provides unusually smooth and precise control for an early console racing game, but it also makes the original cartridge incompatible with an ordinary joystick unless the emulator specifically supports the Driving Controller.
The version emulated on this website therefore does not use the original ROM. The emulator can load the original cartridge, but it does not reproduce the special Driving Controller required to steer the cars correctly. A modified ROM is used in which the control routine has been reprogrammed for a standard joystick: left and right turn the car, while the fire button accelerates. The steering speed has also been adjusted to imitate the gradual rotation of the original controller. The game modes, tracks, graphics, scoring and other gameplay elements remain unchanged, making the hack a practical adaptation rather than a redesigned version of the game. More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org. | | For fans and collectors: | | Find this game on video server YouTube.com or Vimeo.com. | | Buy original game or Atari 2600 console on Amazon.com or eBay.com. | Find digital download of this game on GOG or Steam. | | | | Videogame Console: |  This version of Indy 500 was designed for Atari 2600, which was commercially very successful video game console of second generation produced by Atari from 1977 to 1992. It was the first console that used removable memory modules with games. At the time of its greatest fame, more than 30 million units of this console were sold for about $ 200 a piece. To date, the game library for this console contains nearly 1,000 original games. More information about the Atari 2600 can be found here. |
Recommended Game Controllers: | You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB joystick that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a joystick, buy a suitable USB controller on Amazon or AliExpress or in some of your favorite online stores. | | | | Available online emulators: | 5 different online emulators are available for Indy 500. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Indy 500 are summarized in the following table:
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