Publisher: Answer Software

Answer Software was a small company from Cupertino, California, with three known Atari 2600 titles, all from 1983. Malagai and Gauntlet were sold in very small numbers, and Gauntlet only by mail order, in a thin foam case with no box. The third game, Confrontation, was shown at the 1983 Consumer Electronics Show and sold directly for a short time, so collectors class it as a prototype. AtariAge rates the two released cartridges as extremely rare.

Malagai: escape an alien starbase by catching the right aliens in the right order.
Gauntlet: run a forest trail of arrows, stones and tomahawks. It has nothing to do with the later arcade game of the same name.
Confrontation: a two-player strategy game in real time, with an energy meter instead of turns.

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Malagai

Malagai is a 1983 maze game for one or two players and the first Atari 2600 cartridge from Answer Software (model ASC 1001). You are a starship commander held on an alien starbase, and you escape by catching…

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Gauntlet

Gauntlet is a 1983 one-player action game from Answer Software, a small company from Cupertino, California. Despite the name, it has nothing to do with Atari Games' later arcade Gauntlet. You play Sir Robert Wittenbottom, an explorer who…

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Confrontation

Confrontation is a two-player strategy game for the Atari 2600 from Answer Software, dated 1983 and programmed by Kim Ellis. It never reached the shops: Answer showed it at the 1983 Consumer Electronics Show and sold it directly…

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