One of the Atari’s best, and arguably what helped make hori shmups gain popularity; it makes sense that this was the best selling game on the Atari 2600 EVER.
Warshaw took what Space Invaders made popular and completely flipped the top-down angle we were used to at the time. Yars’ Revenge, in addition to being pretty unique, is also just a buttload of fun. Instead of trying to dodge an enemy shooting at you, the player has to attack the enemy head on, learning how to balance when to attack and when to pull back and defend.
The game also ended up having a very large female audience which is interesting considering most space shooters were popular with boys at this point. It’s not a fact that makes the game itself better or worse, but I still think it’s neat to point out!
Warshaw took what Space Invaders made popular and completely flipped the top-down angle we were used to at the time. Yars’ Revenge, in addition to being pretty unique, is also just a buttload of fun. Instead of trying to dodge an enemy shooting at you, the player has to attack the enemy head on, learning how to balance when to attack and when to pull back and defend.
The game also ended up having a very large female audience which is interesting considering most space shooters were popular with boys at this point. It’s not a fact that makes the game itself better or worse, but I still think it’s neat to point out!