Atari 8-bit - Brøderbund Software - 1982

Arcade Machine (The)

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Genre: Arcade - Construction Kit
Year: 1982
Language: Machine Language
Publisher: Brøderbund Software
Controls: Joystick / Keyboard
Developer: —
Players: 1
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Programmer(s): Jochumson, Chris / Carlston, DougEwens, Louis
License: Commercial
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Sound: —
Rarity: 8
Cover Artist(s): —
Serial: ATDSK-101
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COMMENTS (2)

Daniel Thomas MacInnes24 Jul 2018
A very complex and sophisticated arcade construction kit. You can only create a Space Invaders or Galaxian clone, but you have a great amount of freedom in designing sprite and background graphics, play mechanics and so on. It's not on the level of, say, the Dezaemon series, but for 1982 8-bit home computer, it's very impressive. Probably will only appeal to diehard collectors and classic gamers today, however.
Muffy St. Bernard22 Oct 2008
A neat idea that -- I think -- went back to the ZX Spectrum, and suffered the same limitations: shoot-em-ups only, all of which tended to look pretty much the same. You could stretch the boundaries but it was rarely actually worth it.