Space War
Space War is a Simulator / Arcade game released on December 31, 1978 for Atari 2600. 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 shi…
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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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- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari
- Game Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Genres
- Simulator Arcade
- Themes
- Action Science fiction
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