Down the Trench
The player controls a small vessel, which must travel through a trench while avoiding laser fire, similar to the scene from Star Wars. The player's ship can move in all directions, and the difficulty…
31 December 1979
Down the Trench is a video game, released 31 December 1979 on Bally Astrocade, Atari 8-bit and TRS-80 Color Computer.
What Down the Trench is
Down the Trench was released in 1979. It is available on Bally Astrocade, Atari 8-bit and TRS-80 Color Computer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player controls a small vessel, which must travel through a trench while avoiding laser fire, similar to the scene from Star Wars. The player's ship can move in all directions, and the difficulty determines how often lasers fire. After getting close to the end of the trench, the game transitions to targeting mode, where the player must align a targeting box to destroy the Death Star.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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When did Down the Trench come out?
Down the Trench was released on 31 December 1979 for Bally Astrocade, Atari 8-bit and TRS-80 Color Computer.