Indy 500 (1977 video game)

Indy 500, one of the Atari 2600's launch titles, is a series of 14 Top Down View, Player Versus Player or Player Versus the Clock, racing or driving games, based on Atari's earlier arcade games Sprint 2 and Crash 'N Score. Game variations include:

• Two-player racing around a couple of track designs.
• Single-player racing against the clock on the same tracks.
• "Crash n' Score", in which players compete to crash into dots that appear randomly.
• One-player Crash n' Score against the clock.
• Tag, the player who is "it" chases the other one around.
• Ice racing, one or two players on an ice track.

Tropes used in Indy 500 include:

• Color-Coded Multiplayer
• Driving Game
• The Golden Age of Video Games
• In Vehicle Invulnerability
• No Plot, No Problem
• Player Versus Player
• Scoring Points: Crash n' Score and Tag.
• Slippy-Slidey Ice World: May be the Ur Example.
• Timed Mission: One minute for one-player modes.
• Top Down View
• Wrap Around: The barriers are not solid walls; more like dirt or mud. This includes the outer barrier.