Missile Command – The Atari 2600 Icon That Defined Strategy
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🕹 Game Name: Missile Command
📛 Alternate Names: N/A
📅 Release Date: 1980
🔫 Genre: Shooter / Defense
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Atari
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Atari
🔢 Max Players: 2 (Alternating)
⁉ Cooperative: No
🕹 Game Introduction: A game of survival where you defend cities from incoming nuclear strikes.
🕹 Game Description: Control a missile defense system to stop waves of enemy missiles.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Launch counter-missiles at incoming attacks.
👉 🏻 Protect your cities from annihilation.
👉 🏻 Survive increasingly chaotic waves.
📕 Background & History: Created by Dave Theurer, inspired by the fear of nuclear war.
👓 Lonster's Review: Intense, stressful, and unforgettable — pure arcade greatness.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 No true way to win — the game always ends in defeat.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Some ports allowed “infinite missiles” hacks.
🌟 Legacy: Missile Command stands as one of the most iconic Cold War-era games.