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.
DeveloperAtari
ReleasedDecember 31, 1978
StatusReleased
GenresSimulatorArcade
ThemesActionScience fiction
PlatformsATA Atari 2600
ModesMultiplayerSingle player
Community ScoreMixed Reception47/100