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Space War
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| Developer | Atari, Inc.[2] |
| Publishers | Atari, Inc. |
| Programmer | Ian Shepard[3] |
| Platform | Atari 2600 |
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| Genre | Multidirectional shooter |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Space War is a multidirectional shooter video game released by Atari, Inc. in 1978 for the Atari Video Computer System (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982). The game is a version of Spacewar!, the 1962 computer game by Steve Russell.[4] It was released by Sears as Space Combat for its Atari compatible Tele-Games system.[5] A version for the Atari Lynx was planned but never released.[6][7]
Variations
[edit]The cartridge includes 17 game variations. Variations 1–13 are duels between two ships and 14 to 17 are for one player. In some of the variations the ships fight near a planet which has gravitational attraction.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Atari VCS game release dates". Atari Archive.
- ^ Space War at GameFAQs
- ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ^ http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/space-war/trivia Moby Games. "Game Trivia for Space War" (retrieved on March 9th, 2009).
- ^ "Atari 2600 Space War". AtariAge.
- ^ "Reportaje - Lynx - La mejor portátil que Atari no supo vender". Última Generación (in Spanish). No. 6. MV Editores. September 1995. pp. 68–73.
- ^ "Все игры » Atari Lynx » Space War (Beta)". tv-games.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=470 Archived 2014-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Atari Age. "Atari 2600 Boxes - Space War" (retrieved on March 9, 2009).
External links
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