Loading up James Bond 007 on the Atari 5200, you see an exciting opening sequence, announcing you are about to play Diamonds are Forever. This is, apparently, one of four films represented in the game.
Rather than controlling Bond, you control his car. It’s unclear exactly which car it is, but best guesses are that it’s the Lotus from The Spy Who Loved Me. With an added jump function.
The game starts with you driving through the desert, with some odd green craft dropping bombs in front of you. You have to jump over the holes created, which is difficult because your car’s jump isn’t long enough to do so without swerving across the screen at the same time. You can fire, alternating between one bullet that goes up at a 30-degree angle and something that lands on the floor in front of you, but these don’t seem to affect the green craft.
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