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Stargate is a side-scrolling shooter game developed by Williams Electronics and released in arcades in 1981. It is the sequel to the popular game Defender, and builds upon the gameplay mechanics of the original game. The Atari 2600 port was initially sold under the name Stargate, but it was later re-released and renamed to Defender … Read more
Stargunner is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Atari 2600, where the objective is to stop the invasion of the Sphyzygi and score as many points as possible. Players do this by avoiding bombs and shooting down alien saucers and creatures, such as space buzzies and squeezers. However, players must avoid colliding with them or … Read more
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle is a shoot ’em up video game released by Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600. In this game, players control the Millennium Falcon with the objective of annihilating the second Death Star. The game comprises two stages: Upon accomplishing these goals, the game restarts with a … Read more
The reason Star Wars – Return of the Jedi – Ewok Adventure was never released, had to do with its controls. According to programmer Larry Gelberg: ‘I had this artistic vision of the purity of the hang-glider controls: forward dives and speeds you up, back climbs and slows you down, and catching thermals every now … Read more
Steeplechase is a sports video game launched in arcades in 1975 by Atari. This multiplayer game allows up to six players to compete against one another, each selecting a horse, while the computer manages the seventh horse at the bottom. As the horses begin to gallop, players must clear obstacles in their respective lanes by … Read more
Star Raiders is a first-person space combat simulator first released as a cartridge by Atari in 1979 and it was ported to Atari 2600 in 1982. Star Raiders gameplay Like the text-based Star Trek games, in Star Raiders the player’s ship maneuvers about a two-dimensional grid fighting a fleet of enemy spaceships.In Star Raiders, this … Read more
Conversion of Intellivision Star Strike
Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-Ups, released in 1983, is a puzzle video game for the Atari 2600, developed and published by Parker Brothers. Players are challenged to reassemble scrambled Strawberryland characters within a specified time limit, as indicated by Mr. Sun moving eastward at the top of the screen. When a character is correctly pieced together, … Read more
Stellar Track, a game where players take on the role of a warship commander tasked with eliminating enough aliens before depleting stardates, was published by Sears under the “Tele-Games” brand in 1980. This game is one of three exclusive releases available only through Sears. Stellar Track is a text-based game inspired by the mainframe computer … Read more