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Caverns of Mars

Atari 2600

1981Atari

Greg Christensen's 1981 Atari 8-bit vertical cavern shooter, published by Atari Program Exchange and later as an official Atari cartridge. No period Atari 2600 port; a hobbyist clone is Conquest of Mars.

Facts

  • Written by high-school senior Greg Christensen; best-selling APX software, then an official Atari disk (1982) and cartridge (1983).
  • Wikipedia's Atari 2600 homebrew article names Conquest of Mars as a 2600 clone of Caverns of Mars.

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