Magnavox Odyssey 2 game: Armored Encounter/ Sub Chase (1978 Magnavox)

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A mini-game containing 2 shooting 'em up games.

Armored Encounter! is a clone version of the Atari 2600 game Combat. This is not a CPU controlled game so it requires someone or 2 people to control the tanks. Each tanks has 20 ammo and there are 3 rounds and each round has a time limit. Each round will change color. There are 12 variations in the game indicated by the alphanumeric keys.

The controls are

(Pressing A): Plays over open country using cannon.
(Pressing B): Plays over hilly terrain (simple bars) with cannon.
(Pressing C): Plays over mountainous terrain (complex barriers) with cannon.
(Pressing D): Open country with guided missiles.
(Pressing E): Simple barriers with guided missiles.
(Pressing F): Complex barriers with guided missiles.
(Pressing G): Plays over open country with minefields (represented by X's on the screen - if a tank hits one of them, a point is scored to the adversary) and cannon.
(Pressing H): Simple barriers with minefields and cannon.
(Pressing I): Complex barriers with minefields and cannon.
(Pressing J): Open country - minefields - guided missiles.
(Pressing K): Simple barriers - minefields - guided missiles.
(Pressing L): Complex barriers - minefields - guided missiles.

Sub Chase is a top and bottom view shooting up game where you it's also not a CPU controlled game where someone or 2 people must control the submarine ship or the helicopter. There's also a time limit on each round. There are three variations in the game by the numeric keys:

(Pressing 1): Guided missiles with rear launch pattern.
(Pressing 2): Unguided missiles with rear launch pattern.
(Pressing 3): Guided missiles with forward launch pattern.







Tags:
Magnovox Odyssey 2
shooting games
shooting em up
war
tanks
helicopter
battleship
submarine
underwater
magnovox
1978