The Stacks (2012) · Curator Co.

An Atari 2600 game commissioned by Ernest Cline to promote the novel Ready Player One. Welcome to THE STACKS! Your name is Wade Watts and you live in the Stacks, a sprawling vertical trailer park filled with dangerous enemies and obstacles. Your evil Aunt Alice has broken your OASIS console and scattered the pieces around the Stacks. You must find all six pieces and assemble them in your Hideout so that you can log in to the OASIS. Your quest won't be easy. It will take quick thinking and fast reflexes if you hope to escape the Stacks alive!

Adventure based on - book digital distribution licensed gameAtari 2600, iOS

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Platforms: Atari 2600, iOS
Released: September 1, 2012
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Side view

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