The lost city of Atlantis is under attack! Wave after wave of Gorgon vessels are approaching, each armed with weapons capable of destroying a part of the city. You are in charge of the command posts at the edges of the city and need to defend it from the invaders. The various gorgon craft will keep flying by on the screen in varying numbers and in different flight patterns. At first they fly high in the sky but then progressively lower. If an enemy makes it low enough before you destroy it, it will use it's weapons and destroy one of the buildings in Atlantis. As you progress in the game, the enemy craft will keep increasing in speed. The game ends when all remaining buildings in the city have been destroyed.
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An inoffensive Space Invaders style shooter.
I think I played this at my childhood friend, J's house. I don't actually remember owning the cartridge.
This game is like Air-Sea-Battle on steroids. Super fast and many colors. I can't believe so many rainbow spaceships want to blow up the lost underwater city of Atlantis! I think I remember the controls being pretty hard to master as well. You've got to press left/right AND the button to fire the side cannons. OOF.
The font for the score is pretty sick, though. The graphics are also pretty advanced for the Atari 2600. But it is just real annoying to try to play.
OOF!
Review from thedonproject.com
This game is like Air-Sea-Battle on steroids. Super fast and many colors. I can't believe so many rainbow spaceships want to blow up the lost underwater city of Atlantis! I think I remember the controls being pretty hard to master as well. You've got to press left/right AND the button to fire the side cannons. OOF.
The font for the score is pretty sick, though. The graphics are also pretty advanced for the Atari 2600. But it is just real annoying to try to play.
OOF!
Review from thedonproject.com
Atlantis is an Atari game where you seemingly are on a gun defending Atlantis from invading space ships. You cannot aim or move, the game is purely pressing the shoot button, and the challenge is trying to time when to shoot correctly. You defend against endless waves of ships and they start to come at you faster and faster.
An extremely simple yet effective game, I think it gets a pass in my book, there's nothing all that bad about it.
The replay-ability like most old games comes from trying to rack up a high score, as you get points for each ship you blow up.
Maybe worth playing for like 5-10 minutes I guess, I've personally never been into the whole high score system old games use, I find it far too repetitive and boring.
An extremely simple yet effective game, I think it gets a pass in my book, there's nothing all that bad about it.
The replay-ability like most old games comes from trying to rack up a high score, as you get points for each ship you blow up.
Maybe worth playing for like 5-10 minutes I guess, I've personally never been into the whole high score system old games use, I find it far too repetitive and boring.
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Juego 46: Atlantis (1982)
Insulso, sin gracia, aburrido... Todo eso es poco.
Parte 2 — Los 80: Caída y Resurgir
Juego 46: Atlantis (1982)
Insulso, sin gracia, aburrido... Todo eso es poco.