Space War Explained

Space War
Developer:	Atari, Inc.^[1]
Publisher:	Atari, Inc.
Programmer:	Ian Shepard^[2]
Genre:	Multidirectional shooter
Modes:	Single-player, two-player
Platforms:	Atari 2600

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]}

Variations

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.gamefaqs.com/atari2600/585123-space-war/data Space War
2. Web site: Hague. James. The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers.
3. http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/space-war/trivia Moby Games. "Game Trivia for Space War" (retrieved on March 9th, 2009).
4. Web site: Atari 2600 Space War. AtariAge.
5. Reportaje - Lynx - La mejor portátil que Atari no supo vender. Última Generación. 6. MV Editores. September 1995. 68–73. es.
6. Web site: Все игры » Atari Lynx » Space War (Beta). tv-games.ru. 2019-04-21. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20180812114552/http://tv-games.ru/game/lynx/Space_War_(Beta).html. 2018-08-12. live.
7. http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=470 Atari Age. "Atari 2600 Boxes - Space War" (retrieved on March 9, 2009).