Space War

First release: 1978
Developer: Atari
Publisher: Atari
Genres: Simulator, Arcade · Action, Science fiction
Platforms: Atari 2600

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.

Also known as Spacewar, Space War: Space Combat

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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Release dates

Atari 2600: 1978

Game modes

Multiplayer, Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

External links

Wikipedia

Keywords

gravity, spaceship, space battle

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, space battle

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