Route 22 Rampage™
Race past Tower 22. Survive the Valley's roughest ride.
Heads up: Route 22 Rampage™ needs a physical keyboard (or joystick). On a phone or tablet it may not be playable — grab a laptop for the full experience.
Joystick / arrow keys to steer · Fire (Space) to honk. Best with a keyboard.
Watch out — this isn’t a joy ride, it’s Route 22. Race past Tower 22 five times and set the fastest time. Survive traffic, dodge hazards, and prove you’ve got what it takes to handle the Valley’s roughest ride. On the title screen, move the joystick to toggle hazards: Down for Pothole Mode, Up for Damage On/Off, Right to remove parked cars, and Fire to honk (maybe they’ll move… maybe).
Developer commentary
Developed using a mix of 6502 assembly and Batari Basic, Route 22 Rampage pushes the Atari 2600 to new limits. What started as an experiment in low-level programming grew into a full game inspired by Pennsylvania’s most unpredictable highway. Each 16 KB cartridge is built, tested, and assembled by hand in the Lehigh Valley. The limited physical run of 42 cartridges has sold out; the digital ROM lives on.
Programming & Design — Matthew Blum · Box Art & Packaging — Lightly-Salted Productions
In the news
- Lehigh Valley Press — “Matthew Blum got game with his Route 22 video game”
- WFMZ — “Allentown man creates Route 22–inspired Atari-style video game”
- Lehigh Valley News — “’80s flashback: a retro race down Route 22”
- The Valley Ledger — “Retro Gaming Meets Local Chaos”
- lehighvalleylive — “Notorious Lehigh Valley Highway Inspires Retro Video Game”
- Lehigh Valley with Love — “Route 22 Gets the Atari Treatment”
Get it
- Digital ROM download — Play on real hardware via flash carts, or in an emulator.
- Press Kit — Official assets and media.
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