Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous · 1982

Vanguard

Published by Atari New Zealand / Monaco

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Information

Genre: Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, 2 (alt.), Demo
Programmer(s): Payne, David W.
Format: PAL
Year: 1982
Publisher: Atari New Zealand / Monaco
Country: New Zealand
Medium: Cartridge
Serial: CX2669

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 8.3/10 · Votes: 22 · Downloads: 2,782 · Hits: 7,429

Additional Comments

One of the enemy objects is called a 'Floating Payne'. It was named as such by programmer Dave Payne.

This is the first Atari 2600 game to have a continue option.

The way to activate the automatic fire of your spaceship is different in the PAL version.

Screenshots (17)

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Cover Art (3)

Cartridge 1

Cartridge 2

Cartridge 3

Comments (2)

Scott Stilphen — 8 Apr 2018
One of the best arcade translations done for this system. It was released it in January 1983 (yes, *after* Christmas), making it the sleeper hit of the year. The programmer cleverly hid his name in the manual.
mattndave — 7 Jun 2015
This game is super fun, I love it.