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Stronghold

Critic score1 critic
First release
Jul 1983
Genres
Shooter, Arcade · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
Atari 2600

On one of your patrols in deep space you encounter an abandoned base whose self-defense mechanisms are still functional. Upon detecting your presence the base launches several drones to destroy you. After having conquered three of these attack waves a force field containing of three layers will form at the bottom auf the screen protecting a SAM crawler. Your objctive now ist to shoot a gap into the horizontally moving force field in order to eliminate the SAM crawler while still being under attack by hostile drones. As soon as you breached the force field you have to pay attention not being shot down by the SAM crawler which will exploit the fact of you destroying the force field. The game comes with 16 game variations, some of them allowing you to use rapid fire while others make the attack drones invincible for your missiles or produce drones which clone themselves. Still some variants create a force field which will descend from above and is minimzing the space you are able to move in.

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Release dates
Atari 2600
Jul 1983
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view

At a Glance

Critic Score
60

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 12 Sept 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 12 Sept 2026