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Game Overview

Shuttle Orbiter is one of those Atari 2600 games that makes you feel like an actual space traffic controller—if space traffic involved dodging deadly debris while trying not to burn through your fuel. Your job is simple: ferry ten parts from a factory in orbit to a half-built space station. The comet that just passed Earth? Yeah, it left a minefield of junk in your way.

After launch, you’re staring at four colored dots circling Earth—each one’s a different target or hazard. The trick is matching orbits: go lower to speed up, higher to slow down. Get close enough to something, and the screen shifts to a tense maneuvering mode where you either dock carefully or weave past debris. Bump into anything, and your fuel starts leaking (along with a 25% chance your cargo gets wrecked). No pressure.

There’s no score, just a clock and your survival instincts. The difficulty’s adjustable—stick to level 0 if you want a peaceful cargo run, or crank it up for chaos. Either way, it’s just you, the void, and the very real fear of running out of fuel mid-dock.