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IGDB / 16759

Combat

1977 70 / 100 Arcade Shooter
Combat is an early video game by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. It was based on two earlier black-and-white coin-operated arcade games produced by Atari. Combat had color graphics and numerous gameplay variations. The 27 game modes featured a variety of different combat scenarios, including tanks, biplanes, and jet fighters. The tank games had interesting options such as bouncing munitions ("Tank-Pong") and invisibi Show full summary

Combat is an early video game by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. It was based on two earlier black-and-white coin-operated arcade games produced by Atari. Combat had color graphics and numerous gameplay variations. The 27 game modes featured a variety of different combat scenarios, including tanks, biplanes, and jet fighters. The tank games had interesting options such as bouncing munitions ("Tank-Pong") and invisibility. The biplane and jet games also allowed for variation, such as multiple planes per player and an inventive game with a squadron of planes versus one giant bomber.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer

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Combat is an early video game by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. It was based on two earlier black-and-white coin-operated arcade games produced by Atari. Combat had color graphics and numerous gameplay variations. The 27 game modes featured a variety of different combat scenarios, including tanks, biplanes, and jet fighters. The tank games had interesting options such as bouncing munitions ("Tank-Pong") and invisibility. The biplane and jet games also allowed for variation, such as multiple planes per player and an inventive game with a squadron of planes versus one giant bomber.

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GenreArcade GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeWarfare
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Studio & publishing

Developer
Atari
Publisher
Atari, Polyvox
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action, Warfare
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Atari 2600 Sep 11, 1977
  • Atari 2600 Oct 1983
  • Atari 2600 1978

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