<s>
Slot	B-Application
Racers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
called	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Warren	O
Robinett	O
,	O
who	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
one	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
most	O
successful	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
2600	O
,	O
Adventure	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slot	B-Application
Racers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
joystick-controlled	O
game	O
with	O
nine	O
game	O
variations	O
programmed	O
within	O
the	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
object	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
pilot	O
your	O
car	O
through	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
while	O
attempting	O
to	O
fire	O
missiles	O
at	O
your	O
opponent	O
's	O
car	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
evading	O
the	O
missiles	O
your	O
opponent	O
fires	O
at	O
your	O
car	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
itself	O
has	O
four	O
different	O
mazes	B-Application
,	O
and	O
options	O
concerning	O
missile	O
speed	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
factors	O
,	O
within	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
its	O
nine	O
variants	O
,	O
selectable	O
via	O
the	O
Game	O
Select	O
switch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slot	B-Application
Racers	I-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
fast-moving	O
head-to-head	O
thriller.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
is	O
patently	O
absurd	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
"	O
virtually	O
nothing	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
either	O
slot	O
cars	O
or	O
racing	B-Device
of	O
any	O
kind	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
reviewers	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
triumph	O
"	O
and	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
of	O
the	O
[	O
Atari	O
2600 ]'s	O
classic	O
labyrinth	B-Application
games	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
