A port of Spacewar!
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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Ah, é um port bem competente de Space War pro Atari 2600, vá lá. Tem vários modos de jogo e replica todas as mecânicas direitinho, inclusive o buraco negro no centro, que mesmo uns clones mais modernos acabam ignorando.
I had to look up Steve Russell's original Spacewar for some context, and there's definitely some interesting history there. It's also surprising to see that this port completely predates Asteroids.
This game is primarily a multiplayer duel, but there are some modes both multiplayer and singleplayer where the goal is to dodge stray squares flying around the screen. These might be fun, but I had more fun cheesing them by building up my ship's momentum to the point where it just clips through everything.
This game is primarily a multiplayer duel, but there are some modes both multiplayer and singleplayer where the goal is to dodge stray squares flying around the screen. These might be fun, but I had more fun cheesing them by building up my ship's momentum to the point where it just clips through everything.
A functional port of "Spacewar!" which is about as much praise as I can muster.
This is a port of an absolutely legendary game that was created in the 60s by Steve Russell and is best known now less as the first multiplayer game that was created before Eric Clapton formed Cream and more as That Game That Piracy Scene Groups Use to Bootstrap Cracked Games Through the Steam API.
What it actually is is a two player rudimentary space combat action game. Its funny that by 1978 this game felt so dated even on a system that launched with such groundbreaking titles as BOUNCE BALL and FAST RUNNING. It is not a great port, it is easy to break and its single player mode is next to useless, but it gets a point or two for still being Space War under all that.
What it actually is is a two player rudimentary space combat action game. Its funny that by 1978 this game felt so dated even on a system that launched with such groundbreaking titles as BOUNCE BALL and FAST RUNNING. It is not a great port, it is easy to break and its single player mode is next to useless, but it gets a point or two for still being Space War under all that.