Space War
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| Space War | |
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| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc.[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Programmer(s) | Ian Shepard[2] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600 |
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| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Space War is a multidirectional shooter video game released by Atari, Inc. in 1978 for the Atari Video Computer System (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982). The game is a version of Spacewar!, the 1962 computer game by Steve Russell.[4] It was released by Sears as Space Combat for its Atari compatible Tele-Games system.[5] A version for the Atari Lynx was planned but never released.[6][7]
