Stellar Track Explained

Stellar Track
Developer:	Atari, Inc.
Publisher:	Sears
Programmer:	Rob Zdybel^[1]
Platforms:	Atari 2600
Released:	1980

Stellar Track is an Atari VCS (later the Atari 2600) video game programmed by Rob Zdybel of Atari, Inc. and published by Sears under the Tele-Games brand in 1980. It is one of three such games that were released only through Sears.^[2] Stellar Track is a text-based game based on the mainframe computer game Star Trek.

Plot

Stellar Track is a game in which the player is a commander of a warship and must destroy enough aliens before running out of stardates.

Reception

Richard A. Edwards reviewed Stellar Track in The Space Gamer No. 54.^[3] Edwards commented that "Unless you're willing to pay a high price for a remake of an old standard, pass this one up."^[3]

Reviews

• Joystik^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hague . James . The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers .
2. Web site: Stellar Track . AtariProtos.
3. Edwards . Richard A. . August 1982 . Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 54. 32.
4. Web site: Joystik Magazine (January 1983) Volume 1 Number 4 . January 1983 .