Space War cover

Space War

Simulator Arcade Action Science fiction
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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

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