Shoot'em Up! / Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous · 1982
Vanguard
Published by Atari
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Information
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous
- Controls
- Joystick
- Players
- 1, 2 (alt.), Demo
- Programmer(s)
- Payne, David W.
- Format
- NTSC
- Year
- 1982
- Publisher
- Atari
- Country
- USA
- Medium
- Cartridge
- Serial
- CX2669
Votes / Statistics
Rating: 8.3/10 · Votes: 22 · Downloads: 7,754 · Hits: 42,259
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 (15)
Cover Art (5)
Instructions (16)
Ads (13)
![Vanguard [French] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/vanguard_atari_france.jpg)
![Vanguard [French] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/vanguard_atari_france_2.jpg)
![Vanguard [German] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari_2600_ad_vanguard_germany.jpg)
![Vanguard [German] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari_2600_ad_vanguard_germany_v2.jpg)
![Phoenix / Vanguard / Ms. Pac-Man / Centipede [Dutch] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/phoenix_vanguard_ms_pac_man_centipede_atari_dutch.jpg)
![Vanguard [German] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-vanguard-germany.jpg)
![Phoenix / Vanguard / Ms. Pac-Man / Centipede [French] · 1983](https://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-2600-phoenix-vanguard-ms-pac-mac-centipede.jpg)
Dealer Displays (1)
Posters (1)
Stickers (2)
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.