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Space War

1978 · Atari 2600 · Simulator · Arcade

47IGDB player score
11 ratings

About this game

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.

Screenshots

Space War screenshot
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Trailers & videos

Gameplay video

Game facts

Release date

Dec 31, 1978

Developer

Atari

Publisher

Atari

Platforms

Atari 2600

Genres

Simulator, Arcade

Themes

Action, Science fiction

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Editions & related releases

Spacewar! cover artSpacewar!1962 · Rated 68

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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