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Developer(s) | Atari, Inc. [1] |
Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. |
Programmer(s) | Ian Shepard [2] |
Platform(s) | Atari 2600 |
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Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, two-player |
Space War is a video game cartridge released by Atari, Inc. in 1978 for the Atari Video Computer System (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982). The game is a version of Spacewar!, the 1962 computer game by Steve Russell. [3] It was released by Sears as Space Combat, for its Atari compatible Tele-Games system. [4] An Atari Lynx update was planned but never released. [5] [6]
The cartridge includes 17 game variations. Variations 1–13 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. [7]