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Game Overview

ATAC - The Secret War Against Drugs is one of those weirdly earnest MS-DOS shooters where you mow down drug dealers with a machine gun while the game aggressively lectures you about staying clean. The first level drops you into some grimy back alleys, and within seconds you're jumping over dumpsters while crackheads in leather jackets take potshots at you. It's like someone took an after-school special and turned it into a Contra clone.

The controls are stiff in that classic early '90s way—your guy slides a bit when you stop running, and the hit detection is... creative. But there's something charming about how seriously it takes its anti-drug message while letting you dual-wield uzis. The pixel art has this great seedy vibe, all neon signs and backroom drug labs. Just don't get too attached to your lives—this game plays for keeps.

Honestly half the fun now is laughing at the over-the-top "drugs are bad" cutscenes between levels. They really don't make games this unironically preachy anymore.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".