Play Flag Capture Online

You creep across a grid hunting for a hidden flag, sweating over every button press—could be a clue, could be a bomb sending you back to start. Two-player mode turns it into a frantic race where you're both scrambling for the same prize.

Released: 1978

File size: 1.73 KB

Game Overview

Flag Capture is one of those Atari 2600 games that seems simple at first—until you realize how sneaky it gets. You're dropped onto this grid, moving your little explorer square by square, hunting for a hidden flag. Press the button on any spot, and you might get lucky... or you might just get a clue. Sometimes it's an arrow pointing the way, other times a number telling you how close you are. And then there are the bombs—step on one, and boom, back to square one.

Playing solo against the clock is tense, but the two-player modes are where things really get chaotic. My favorite’s the free-for-all where you and a friend scramble across the grid at the same time, racing to hit the right spot first. The higher difficulty levels mix things up with moving flags and invisible walls that’ll have you cursing when you smack right into one. It’s basic, sure, but weirdly addictive once you get into it.

Just don’t blame me when you start seeing grids in your sleep.