Space Duel
| Space Duel | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Atari Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Inc. |
| Distributor(s) | Atari Inc. |
| Designer(s) | Owen Rubin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade game |
| Release date(s) | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Multi-directional shooter |
| Cabinet | standard, cocktail |
| Arcade system | Atari Color Vector |
| CPU | 6502 |
| Sound | Unamplified Mono |
| Display | Color Vector |
Space Duel is an arcade game released in 1982 by Atari Inc. It is a direct descendant of the original Asteroids, with asteroids replaced by colorful geometric shapes like cubes, diamonds, and spinning pinwheels. Shoot all objects to complete a level. Space Duel is the first and only multi-player interactive vector game by Atari. When Asteroids Deluxe did not sell well, this game was taken off the shelf and released to moderate success.
[edit] Legacy
Space Duel is included within the Atari Anthology for Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation version of Atari Anniversary Edition. A port of Space Duel was released on the Atari Flashback 2, reproducing only the single-player mode. Space Duel was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in May 2010.
David Plummer holds the official world record for this game with a maximum 623,720 points.[1]
A Space Duel cabinet is featured on the album cover for The Who's It's Hard.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Space Duel at the Killer List of Videogames
- Space Duel emulation in Java
- Owen Rubin's (the creator's) home page
- Space Duel guide at StrategyWiki
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