Spider Fighter - Atari 2600 Retro Replay

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Published on June 23, 2023 8:52:50 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F1877uKGUw

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Spider Fighter (1982)

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A good round of Spider Fighter for the Atari 2600! How far have you gotten?

A little about the game:

Spider Fighter is a fixed shooter designed by Larry Miller for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1982. The object of Spider Fighter is to protect an orchard containing fruit—grapes, strawberries, oranges, and bananas—from four kinds of bugs.

In each level, the player protects three pieces of fruit using a blaster that moves horizontally along the bottom of the screen. The joystick button fires a shot upward toward four types of attackers. Each level contains a set number of "master nests": enemies which can grab a piece of fruit and drag it off the left side of the screen. A nest drops the fruit when shot. The game ends if all fruit has been stolen or all of the blasters are destroyed. The type of fruit varies per level: grapes, strawberries, oranges, and bananas.

There is an option to have the shots move horizontally with the blaster after being fired, allowing them to be steered.

Developer - Activision
Publisher - Activision
Programmer - Larry Miller
Platform - Atari 2600
Release - 1982
Genre - Fixed shooter
Mode - Single-player

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