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Daniel Thomas MacInnes - 09/05/2011
Classic Atari 800 game. Very challenging and very tough vertical space shooter, this is definitely for the die-hard fans. I do wish Infogrames, aka Atari Interactive, would bring this game back...that is, faithfully and without completely screwing it up. I'm probably asking for too much.
Greg B. - 30/10/2007
A great game but probably one of the most frustrating games I've EVER played. Stands as the only computer game or video game in the last 30 years which actually made me mad enough to smash a controller. A few of them, actually...
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GenreShoot'em Up! - Vertical ScrollingYear1982
LanguageMachine LanguagePublisherAtari (USA)
ControlsJoystickDeveloper-
Players1CountryUSA
Programmer(s)

Christensen, Greg

LicenseCommercial
Graphic Artist(s)

Christensen, Greg

Medium Disk Cartridge 
Sound

Christensen, Greg

Rarity   
Cover Artist(s)McCormackSerialCX8130 / RX8021
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 Electronic Fun · April, 1983Rating: 3.5 / 4 


Caverns of Mars is an exciting, fast-moving adventure game for the Atari 400/800 home computer (for now, it is available only as a computer disk program). The game plot is simple. The player must maneuver his one-man fighter down into the depths of Mars, activate the timer of a fusion bomb and escape before the bomb goes off.
The game starts with the selection of one of four skill... [more]


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