Yars’ Revenge
Yars’ Revenge is a video game developed and published by Atari for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw, who also created the infamous E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game for the same platform. Yars’…
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Howard Scott Warshaw was a game designer at Atari in the early 1980s, and his three released 2600 games are some of the best known on the console, for very different reasons. Yars’ Revenge (1982) is a shooter in which an insect-like Yar breaks through an energy shield to destroy the Qotile. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982) turned the first Indiana Jones film into a puzzle adventure, after Warshaw met Steven Spielberg to discuss it. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) was made in just over five weeks for Christmas and is widely cited as one of the causes of the 1983 crash.
The site also has Saboteur, an unreleased 1983 game with graphics by Jerome Domurat, in which a robot called Hotot sneaks into an alien missile base. You can play all four below in your browser.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is Atari's 1982 adventure game based on the first Indiana Jones film. It was designed and programmed by Howard Scott Warshaw and released in November 1982. Rather than replaying scenes from the film,…
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is Atari's 1982 game based on Steven Spielberg's film, made by Howard Scott Warshaw in just over five weeks. You guide E.T. around a small world of forests, buildings and deep pits, collecting three pieces…
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