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Wrong year. 1977, not 1978.
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|developer=[[Atari]] | |developer=[[Atari]] | ||
|publisher=[[Atari]] | |publisher=[[Atari]] | ||
|releasedates=[[ | |releasedates=[[1977]] | ||
|genre=[[Action]] | |genre=[[Action]] | ||
|platform=[[Atari 2600]] | |platform=[[Atari 2600]] | ||
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Combat was, for many people, the first [[Atari 2600]] game they ever played, as it was packaged with the system from [[ | Combat was, for many people, the first [[Atari 2600]] game they ever played, as it was packaged with the system from [[1977]] to [[1982]], until it was replaced with [[Pac-Man]]. Combat is a two-player only game where each player takes control of a combat vehicle; either a tank, a bi-plane, or a jet. For two minutes and sixteen seconds, the players shoot at each other and try to score the most hits before time runs out. | ||
Combat is the home presentation of a few [[Atari]] arcade games that were available at the time of the 2600's release, including Tank and Jet Fighter. Tank was actually distributed under the publisher name Kee Games, which was a company that Nolan Bushnell purposely created to "compete" with Atari (they routinely shared technology and information) for the expressed purpose of breaking up the exclusivity that arcade distributors had with arcade publishers at the time. | Combat is the home presentation of a few [[Atari]] arcade games that were available at the time of the 2600's release, including Tank and Jet Fighter. Tank was actually distributed under the publisher name Kee Games, which was a company that Nolan Bushnell purposely created to "compete" with Atari (they routinely shared technology and information) for the expressed purpose of breaking up the exclusivity that arcade distributors had with arcade publishers at the time. | ||
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[[Category:Atari]] | [[Category:Atari]] | ||
[[Category:Atari 2600]] | [[Category:Atari 2600]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1977]] | ||
[[Category:Action]] | [[Category:Action]] | ||
[[Category:Multiplayer]] | [[Category:Multiplayer]] | ||