Combat - Atari 2600

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"Release Date: 1977 (NA) Publisher: Atari Developer: Atari Genre: Shooter - Third-Person Combat is a simple game, but a blast to play when you've got friends around to compete with. Combat is a multiplayer-only game that sees players try to shoot each other with tanks, jets, and airplanes. The most "kills" at the end is the winner. That variety in vehicles to control, and the noticible difference in how each one controls helps bring longevity to a game that may otherwise get old quick. In regard"

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" This one has the competitive fun of Pong, except with the goal of blowing up your opponent with tanks and jets instead of bouncing a square back and forth. It came packaged with the Atari VCS, buried within the rest of the box's contents, kind of like the chocolate center of a Tootsie Pop...Except without that stupid owl hanging around."

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"Release: Oct. 1977 Developer: Atari (Joe Decuir; Larry Wagner) Published by: Atari, Sears One of the original nine launch titles for the Atari 2600 VCS, Combat came bundled with the systems until 1982. The game was partly based on Atari's 1974 arcade game 'Tank' and 1975's 'Anti-Aircraft II'"

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"Atari 2600 - 1977 "Ah, remember when consoles came with a killer app packed right in the box? For the four years we played our Atari, my family never got tired of Combat. And I don't care what anyone says--invisible tanks with bouncy bullets still kick ass.""