The Attack (video game)
The Attack is a multidirectional shooter written by Tom Pettingill for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A home computer and published by Texas Instruments in 1981.[1] The game was originally developed at Milton Bradley as Alien, based on the 1979 movie of the same name. [2]
| The Attack | |
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 Manual | |
| Developer(s) | Milton Bradley |
| Publisher(s) | Texas Instruments |
| Programmer(s) | Tom Pettingill [1] |
| Platform(s) | TI-99/4A |
| Release | 1981 |
| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
Gameplay
The player in a spaceship use their weapons to blast apart "spores" that connect together to form new aliens, and blast already formed aliens before they eat the player. There are incubators on screen that will release more spores, or in later levels, aliens.
Reception
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gollark: This seems like a clever yet horrifying kludge.
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References
- Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- "TI-99/4A Videogame House - The Attack". www.videogamehouse.net. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
External Links
- Centre for Computing History: The Attack
- Eli's Software Encyclopedia: The Attack
- Game FAQs: The Attack
- Giant Bomb: The Attack
- Pixelated Arcade: The Attack
- TI-99/4A-Pedia: The Attack
- TI-99ers On-line User Group: TI-99 Cartridge Listing
- TI-99/4A Video Game House: The Attack
- TI-99/4A Video Game House: The Attack Prototype Cartridge
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