Description
Star Ship (Atari 2600)
- This is a used Atari 2600 game cartridge that comes with the box, no manual included.
- Game in good condition, box has some damage.
- Please see the photos for condition.
- Cartridge hasn’t been tested yet
Thanks for looking.
Star Ship is a first-person space combat simulator video game programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari VCS was released on September 11, 1977. Based on the Atari arcade game Starship 1, it was the first space-related game developed for the Atari VCS. The re-branded Sears TeleGames version is titled Outer Space.
Star Ship was removed from Atari’s catalog in 1980.
The player(s) use the joystick controller to achieve one of the following objectives:
- Destroying as many spacecraft and robots as possible within a time limit, all while dodging asteroids.
- Alternating between avoiding enemy fire from spacecraft and firing at the opponent-controlled craft (human or computer).
- Avoiding asteroids and other varied space objects to cover the greatest distance possible.
- Landing the space module on a lunar landing pad. The moon can either be stationary or be computer- or human opponent-controlled.
Another great retro game available at Escapist Gamer – Xenophobe (Atari 2600)
