Publisher: Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill is best known for its strategy board games. In May 1983 it announced its first Atari 2600 cartridges, and its video game arm, The Avalon Hill Video Game Company, released five in all: Death Trap, London Blitz, Out of Control, Wall Ball and Shuttle Orbiter. Several of them ask for planning rather than quick shooting, which fits the company’s board game background. AtariAge rates Wall Ball and Shuttle Orbiter as very rare.
London Blitz: defuse unexploded bombs in wartime London, each one a small logic puzzle against the timer.
Shuttle Orbiter: finish building a space station before the shuttle Challenger runs out of fuel.
Wall Ball: brick-breaking in 3-D, played like squash.
Out of Control: race a drifting spaceship around a course and dock it, with nothing to shoot.
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Shuttle Orbiter
Shuttle Orbiter is a space shuttle simulation for the Atari 2600 from Avalon Hill, the company best known for strategy board games. It was designed by Bill Hood, with graphics by Jean Baer. You pilot the shuttle Challenger…
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Out of Control
Out of Control is a 1983 space race against the clock for the Atari 2600. It was designed by Jim Jacob and published by The Avalon Hill Video Game Company, the video game arm of the board game…
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London Blitz
London Blitz is a 1983 Atari 2600 puzzle and strategy game from Avalon Hill, the board game company, programmed by William J. Sheppard. Set in London during the Second World War, it puts you in the Royal Engineers,…
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Death Trap
In the game, you play as a messenger tasked with delivering an important message to the Galactic Emperor. However, you encounter a giant ship known as IT, which wants to prevent the message from being delivered. Your mission…
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