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Game Overview

Chase the Chuckwagon is one of those weird little Atari 2600 games that makes you go, "Wait, this was a real thing?" You play as a dog—yes, just a dog—sprinting across a desert to catch food falling from a chuckwagon. Sounds simple, but those cacti and rocks come at you fast, and the scrolling screen makes it feel like you're actually chasing something.

Honestly, the gameplay is bare-bones even for 1983, but the story behind it is way more interesting. Purina made this as a dog food promo, mailing it out to customers who sent in proofs of purchase. That’s why finding a cartridge today feels like uncovering some bizarre gaming relic. The colors are bright, the dog moves in that classic Atari slide-y way, and it’s over in minutes—but it’s a fun little time capsule of when video games were just figuring out what they could be.