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Warlords

1981 · Atari 2600 · Shooter · Arcade

67IGDB player score
5 ratings

About this game

Atari 2600 port of Warlords.

Warlords is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game resembles a combination of Breakout and Quadrapong (an early Atari arcade game) in the sense that not only can up to 4 players play the game at the same time, but also the "forts" in the four corners of the screen are brick walls that could be broken with a flaming ball. Warlords uses spinner controllers for player control, and came in both an upright 2 player version and a 4 player cocktail version. The upright version uses a black and white monitor, and reflects the game image onto a mirror, with a backdrop of castles, giving the game a 3D feel. The upright version only supports up to two simultaneous players, which move through the levels as a team. The cocktail version is in color, and supports 1-4 players. 3-4 player games are free-for-all's where the game ends as soon as one player wins. 1-2 player games play identical to the upright version.

Screenshots

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Game facts

Release date

Dec 31, 1981

Developer

Atari

Publisher

Atari, Sears

Platforms

Atari 2600

Genres

Shooter, Arcade

Themes

Action, Fantasy

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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