# Raiders of the Lost Ark for Atari 2600

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Raiders of the Lost Ark for Atari 2600 and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a complexity unusual on the Atari 2600 and for being hard to win; some find its objectives unclear.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as a great, original idea (2 comments): "George Lucas had exactly two good ideas Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Arc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201970)) "Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark were GREAT ideas, not just good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48202164))

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- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
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- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Raiders of the Lost Ark for Atari 2600", https://hackerapproved.com/p/raiders-of-the-lost-ark/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).