Oscar's Trash Race

 OSCAR ’ s   TRASH   Race  is a  SESAME STREET  computer game created by the C h i l d r e n ' s Computer Work shop & Atari i n 1 9 8 3 for t h e Atari 2 6 0 0 V C S.

In t he game, the p l a y e r help s  OSCAR THE GROUCH  collect t h e  TRASH . 1 s t, the player picks the numbered  TRASH CAN  that matches the number of item s on the STREET. Then the p l a y e r guides  OSCAR THE GROUCH  in his   TRASH CAN  to collect the items & race back to the starting line before  SLIMEY  reach e s the other end of t he screen.

In later level s it rain s, &  OSCAR  has to jump over  MUD  puddle s that appear in his  way.

C C W worked w/ Atari to create a K i d ' s Controller for young c h i l d r e n, with a large keypad. Each C C W game was pack age d w / a plastic over lay that could be placed on the keypad to help teach the ch i l d how to control the game character s.