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Artillery Duel

Atari 2600

1983XonoxXonox

Strategy

Xonox’s 2600 port of Perkins Engineering’s Astrocade artillery game: set angle and force to hit the other cannon over a new mountain each turn.

Collector note

Sold as a 2600 double-ender with Chuck Norris Superkicks, Ghost Manor, or Spike's Peak, and also as a single cart.

Facts

  • Atari 2600 programmer Mike Schwartz. North American 2600 release November 1983.
  • A hit plays a brief marching-soldiers animation. Unlike many artillery games, the mountain changes after every turn.

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