Space War
Simulator
Arcade
Action
Science fiction
47
User Score
10 ratings
December 31, 1978
Released 17283 days ago
Atari 2600
About
This video game is an Atari 2600 port of Spacewar!, the famous 1962 computer game by Steve Russell. The cartridge comes programmed with 17 game variations. Variations 1 to 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. This concept was used in the Star Control series of games.
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Release Dates by Platform
Atari 2600
Worldwide
Dec 31, 1978
Game Info
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari
- Game Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Genres
- Simulator Arcade
- Themes
- Action Science fiction