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Mega Force

You are a member of MegaForce and have been sent to the city of Sardoun. Sardoun is under attack and you must defend it. You are armed with the Moto-Fighter, a sort of armed motorcycle with flight ability…

1 November 1982

Mega Force is an arcade developed by Fox Video Games, Inc., released 1 November 1982 on Atari 2600.

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What Mega Force is

Mega Force is an arcade game developed by Fox Video Games, Inc. and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are a member of MegaForce and have been sent to the city of Sardoun. Sardoun is under attack and you must defend it. You are armed with the Moto-Fighter, a sort of armed motorcycle with flight ability. When you are on the ground, your missiles fire down and forward, at an angle. When you are in the air, your missiles fire straight ahead. The object is to destroy enemy fighters, destroy or avoid ground-launched rockets, destroy fuel depots and destroy the enemy headquarters. Any enemy fighters that get past you will head to Sardoun and bomb a building. You will see a red flash at the top of the screen with the words "Defend" when Sardoun is in trouble. Every second you are playing, you…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mega Force launched on 1 November 1982, within three weeks of Q*bert, The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot and Millipede.

Released around the same time: Q*bert, The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot, Millipede.

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Quick answers

Mega Force — frequently asked questions

When did Mega Force come out?
Mega Force was released on 1 November 1982 for Atari 2600.

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