Super Breakout
Super Breakout is Atari's follow-up to Breakout, first released in arcades in 1978. The Atari 2600 version was programmed by Nick Turner and Carol Shaw and came out in October 1981, first as a Sears Tele-Games exclusive and…
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Nick Turner was an Atari programmer whose 2600 games here are both played with paddles. With Carol Shaw he converted Super Breakout, released in 1981, which adds two paddles, extra balls and a creeping wall to Breakout. In 1982 came Demons to Diamonds, where your laser’s colour decides whether a demon becomes a diamond or a skull that fires back. He also co-programmed Snoopy and the Red Baron.
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Demons to Diamonds
Demons to Diamonds is a 1982 paddle-controlled shooting game from Atari for the Atari 2600, programmed by Nick Turner, who had earlier brought Super Breakout to the console. Rows of demons drift across the screen, and the colour…
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