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| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc.[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Programmer(s) | Ian Shepard[2] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600 |
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| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, two-player |
Space War is a video game cartridge released by Atari, Inc. in 1978 for the Atari Video Computer System (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982). The game is a version of Spacewar!, the 1962 computer game by Steve Russell.[3] It was released by Sears as Space Combat, for its Atari compatible Tele-Games system.[4] A version for the Atari Lynx was planned but never released.[5][6]
Variations
[edit]The cartridge includes 17 game variations. Variations 1–13 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.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Space War at GameFAQs
- ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ^ http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/space-war/trivia Moby Games. "Game Trivia for Space War" (retrieved on March 9th, 2009).
- ^ "Atari 2600 Space War". AtariAge.
- ^ "Reportaje - Lynx - La mejor portátil que Atari no supo vender". Última Generación (in Spanish). No. 6. MV Editores. September 1995. pp. 68–73.
- ^ "Все игры » Atari Lynx » Space War (Beta)". tv-games.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=470 Archived 2014-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Atari Age. "Atari 2600 Boxes - Space War" (retrieved on March 9, 2009).
External links
[edit]- Space War at Atari Mania
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