 Screenshot from the Atari 2600 version of Atlantis. Atlantis is a fixed shooter video game produced by Imagic in 1982 for the Atari 2600 video game console. Image File history File links Atlantis_Atari2600. ...
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A fixed shooter game, also known as a 2-D shooter or shoot-em-up (shmup for short), is a video game where the player has limited control of their character and the focus is almost entirely on annihilation of their enemies. ...
Imagic was a third-party maker of games for the Atari 2600 and other early video game consoles in the early 1980s. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, was the first successful video game console to use plug-in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in. ...
Four different video game consoles from different generations. ...
Gameplay Atlantis is a variation on the shooting game genre popular in the early 1980s. You control the last defenses of the City of Atlantis against the Gorgon invaders. You possess seven bases which are vulnerable to attack. Three of these have firepower capabilities to destroy the Gorgon ships before they manage to drop bombs on one of your settlements. The gun bases have fixed cannons; the center base fires straight up, while the far left and far right bases fire diagonally upwards across the screen. The enemy ships pass back and forth from left to right four times before they enter bombing range, giving you ample opportunity to blow them away. Lost bases can be regained by destroying enough Gorgon ships. However, regardless of your efforts to avert the tragedy, Atlantis is doomed. The only way the game can end is for all your bases to be destroyed. However, a tiny ship rises from the rubble and speeds away, foreshadowing the events of the sequel Cosmic ark. Shooter games cover a fairly broad spectrum of sub-genres that have the commonality of controlling a character who is usually armed with a firearm that can be freely aimed. ...
The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...
A picture of Platos description of Atlantis. ...
// Cosmic Ark is an Atari 2600 game cartridge developed and published by Imagic and is a sequel to Atlantis. ...
Similar games The most obvious comparison to this game is with Colony 7 which was released by Taito in a way a combination of Space Invaders, and Missile Command, which also features the defense of a number of bases, only some armed, against an irresistible invading force. The principal differences lie in the controls. While Missile Command features a complex targeting and positioning system that used a trackball in the arcades, Atlantis returns to an earlier era where the only control is in the timing of the gun fire that must be lined up with the movement of the enemy ships in order to successfully destroy the invaders. Still, like many of the early titles produced by Imagic, the game was popular and was considered a hit for the company. Screen Shot of arcade game Colony 7 by Taito Colony 7 is a Shooter game by Taito Corporation which was released in 1981 that is in many ways a combination of the two most popular shooter games of the time. ...
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Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari. ...
Logitech TrackMan A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball housed in a socket containing sensors to detect rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down mouse with an exposed protruding ball. ...
A more sophisticated version was designed by Imagic for the Intellivision console. The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979. ...
See also Atlantis is a game by Imagic for the Mattel Intellivision. ...
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