How to play Ocean City Defender online
- Fire the centre cannon: Space bar with no arrow key pressed
- Fire the left cannon: hold the left arrow key and press Space
- Fire the right cannon: hold the right arrow key and press Space
- Second player: fire button A
- Start a new game: F12 (the console’s Reset switch)
- Choose a game variation: F11 (the console’s Select switch)
What is different from Atlantis
The changes are small. The Imagic logo at the bottom of the screen has been replaced with a Funvision logo, and the enemy ships have been redrawn as round UFOs. One collector on AtariMania felt the game plays easier than Atlantis. Everything else, including the centre gun that fires straight up and the two side guns that fire diagonally, works as in the original, so the full rules, scoring and tips on the Atlantis page apply here too.
AtariMania lists the Zellers cartridges under “Zellers / Taiwan – 2600 Compatible” and still credits the original programmer, here Dennis Koble. Collectors note that Ocean City Defender is one of the easier Zellers carts to find. If you want to compare, open Atlantis in another tab and play the two side by side.
Similar games to play next
- Atlantis – the original Imagic game this cartridge copies
- Atlantis II – Imagic’s harder contest version
- Cosmic Ark – the Imagic follow-up to Atlantis
- Demon Attack – Imagic’s best-selling shooter