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Kabobber

Kabobber was originally a prototype game that was programmed by Rex Bradford, known for his work on Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Jedi Arena. It was discovered in 2000 and improved upon a…

3 February 2000

Kabobber is a video game developed by Rex Bradford, released 3 February 2000 on Atari 2600.

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What Kabobber is

Kabobber was developed by Rex Bradford and released in 2000. It was published by Activision. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kabobber was originally a prototype game that was programmed by Rex Bradford, known for his work on Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Jedi Arena. It was discovered in 2000 and improved upon a little before being released to the public in ROM format. Kabobbers are strange (but cute) little creatures who just love wreaking havoc. Your objective is to send in your Buvskies to krush the Kabobbers before they krush you. You can have up to nine Buvskies onscreen at one time, but you have reserves waiting offscreen should one get krushed. You move your Bruvskies across the grid, jumping on enemy Kabobbers in order to defeat them and earn additional reserve Bruvskies. The baby…
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How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Kabobber launched on 3 February 2000, within three weeks of The Sims, Metal Slug 3, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes and Battlezone 2: Combat Commander.

Released around the same time: The Sims, Metal Slug 3, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Battlezone 2: Combat Commander.

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When did Kabobber come out?
Kabobber was released on 3 February 2000 for Atari 2600.