Space War

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This article is about the Atari 2600 game. For the original PDP-1 game, see Spacewar! For warfare in space, see Space warfare. For other uses, see Spacewar.
Space War
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DeveloperAtari, Inc.[2]
PublishersAtari, Inc.
ProgrammerIan Shepard[3]
PlatformAtari 2600
Release
GenreMultidirectional shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Space War is a multidirectional shooter video game 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.[4] It was released by Sears as Space Combat for its Atari compatible Tele-Games system.[5] A version for the Atari Lynx was planned but never released.[6][7]

Variations

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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.[8]

References

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  2. ^ Space War at GameFAQs
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  4. ^ http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/space-war/trivia Moby Games. "Game Trivia for Space War" (retrieved on March 9th, 2009).
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  8. ^ http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=470 Archived 2014-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Atari Age. "Atari 2600 Boxes - Space War" (retrieved on March 9, 2009).
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