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Gravitar

Gravitar is a color vector graphics arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. The player controls a small blue spacecraft in a fictional solar system with several planets to explore. If the player moves his…

60 31 December 1982

Gravitar is an adventure developed by Atari, released 31 December 1982 on Arcade.

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What Gravitar is

Gravitar is an adventure game developed by Atari and released in 1982. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gravitar is a color vector graphics arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. The player controls a small blue spacecraft in a fictional solar system with several planets to explore. If the player moves his ship into a planet, he will be taken to a side-view landscape. Unlike many other shooting games, gravity plays a fair part in Gravitar: the ship will be pulled slowly to the deadly star in the overworld, and downward in the side-view levels. In the side-view levels, the player has to destroy red bunkers that shoot constantly, and can also use the tractor beam to pick up blue fuel tanks. Once all of the bunkers are destroyed, the planet will blow up, and the player will earn a bonus…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Gravitar holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1982 averaged 66, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Gravitar launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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Quick answers

Gravitar — frequently asked questions

When did Gravitar come out?
Gravitar was released on 31 December 1982 for Arcade.
Does Gravitar have multiplayer?
Yes. Gravitar supports multiplayer.

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