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Black Widow

Black Widow is a vector arcade game developed by Atari released in 1982. The player takes the role of a Black widow spider defending a web from invading bugs. The player must move the spider around the web…

1 February 1983

Black Widow is an arcade developed by Atari, released 1 February 1983 on Arcade.

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What Black Widow is

Black Widow is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1983. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Black Widow is a vector arcade game developed by Atari released in 1982. The player takes the role of a Black widow spider defending a web from invading bugs. The player must move the spider around the web while simultaneously shooting/avoiding various bugs and collecting the bonuses that appear after the enemies are eliminated. The spider is controlled through two joysticks: the left one is used to move the spider, and the right one to control the shot direction.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Black Widow come out?
Black Widow was released on 1 February 1983 for Arcade.

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