Platform: Atari 2600
Region: NTSC-U
Country: United States of America
Developer(s): Atari
Publishers(s): Atari, Inc.
ReleaseDate: 1977-09-11
Players: 2
Co-op: Yes
Combat
Combat is a 1977 Atari 2600 multidirectional shooter video game developed and released by Atari in the USA on September 11, 1977. Combat uses two four-directional joysticks, one for each player. The game has several modes of gameplay: "Tank", "Biplane" and "Jet" and with variations of the above models. The tank and jet modes are viewed from a top-down perspective while biplane games are side view. In all forms of the game, pushing the button fires a missile. Hitting the other player with a missile scores a point. The player with the most points at the end of a two minutes and sixteen second round wins. Variations of the gameplay in Tank mode include adding obstacles to maneuver around, having the missiles rebound off of walls (referred to as Tank-Pong) and a mode where the tanks are invisible except when they are firing a missile or are hit by one. In the other two modes, Jet and Biplane, there are no obstacles, and both aircraft continuously move forward. These levels have options for obscuring clouds that the planes can hide behind. The original 1977 Atari VCS (Video Computer System) has six switches in front, including left and right difficulty switches and a game select switch. The difficulty switches change the range of fire of the missiles and in the plane-based games also changes the speed of flight.
Trailer: YouTube
ESRB Rating: E - Everyone
Genre(s): Action | Shooter
