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Atari 2600 - Atari New Zealand / Monaco - 1982

Yars' Revenge

Yars' Revenge — screenshot 11 / 10
Genre
Shoot'em Up! - Miscellaneous
Year
1982
Controls
Joystick
Publisher
Atari New Zealand / Monaco
Players
1 / 2 (alt.)
Country
New Zealand
Programmer(s)
Warshaw, Howard Scott
Medium
Cartridge
Format
PAL
Rarity
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Serial
CX2655

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Hit a swirl in mid-air with the cannon. Then find the 'Ghost of Yar' (a black, vertical line that appears behind the explosion graphics) and position yourself on the lower third of it. If done right, when the explosion ends, the game will stop and the letters HSWWSH (for Howard Scott Warshaw) will appear.
This was the fist Atari 2600 game to display programming code on the screen. The Neutral Zone is comprised of actual game code, which is laid out vertically, and counter-scrolling over itself (along with some X-Y and random color processing).
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