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.
IGDB / 54792
Space War
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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Game modeMultiplayer
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Game modeMultiplayer
GenreArcade
GenreSimulator
ThemeAction
ThemeScience fiction
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Traitgravity
Traitspace battle
Traitspaceship
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Studios & ownership
Studio & publishing
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari
- Franchise
- Standalone
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Spielprofil
- Modi
- Multiplayer, Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
Wo & wann
Platform releases
- Atari 2600 1978
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