Street Racer, one of the Atari 2600's launch titles, is a series of 27 games for one to four players, all based on a simple Driving Game premise: Move your vehicle back and forth at the bottom of the screen, and either dodge or touch objects coming down from the top. The screen is divided into two tracks, players one and three are on the right, and players two and four are on the left.
- Games 1-6: Street racer. Avoid cars as you pass them.
- Games 7-12: Slalom. Ski down a hill while avoiding obstacles.
- Games 13-16: Dodgem. Use the fire button to move your car up the screen, to complete Wrap Around "laps" while avoiding obstacles.
- Games 17-20: Jet Shooter. Shoot and dodge enemy planes as they come at you.
- Games 21-24: Number Cruncher. Run over numbers as they come down the screen.
- Games 25-27: Scoop Ball. Pick up balls and deposit them in a Computer Scooper.
Not to be confused with the mid-90s video game published by Ubisoft.
Street Racer provides examples of:
- Driving Game: You drive cars, go skiing, or fly a jet plane.
- No Plot? No Problem!: No mention of who or where you are or where you're going.
- Obstacle Ski Course: The Slalom games.
- One Bullet at a Time: In the Jet Shooter games, you have to wait for your bullet to hit the enemy or reach the top of the screen before you can fire again.
- Player Versus Player: All the variations are divided into two separate playfields. There are one-player variations where you race the clock, but most variations are for two or four players.
- Scoring Points: You score points for avoiding obstacles, shooting planes, or collecting numbers or balls.
- Timed Mission: 2:16 per round.
- Top-Down View: All the variations are seen from above.
- Wrap Around: The Dodgem games.
