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Megamania

In Megamania, the gameplay resembles that of Space Invaders. Rather than being aliens or spaceships, however, the enemies in this game are various objects such as hamburgers, bow ties, and steam irons. The…

24 September 1982

Megamania is an arcade developed by Activision, released 24 September 1982 on Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit.

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What Megamania is

Megamania is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Megamania, the gameplay resembles that of Space Invaders. Rather than being aliens or spaceships, however, the enemies in this game are various objects such as hamburgers, bow ties, and steam irons. The object is to shoot them down before the energy bar at the bottom of screen is depleted, all while avoiding the oncoming enemies and their own projectiles attacks. Each of the enemies fly in select patterns and as soon as they hit the bottom of the screen, they re-appear at the top until shot by the player. The player's spacecraft depicted in the game is a cross between the U.S.S. Enterprise and Klingon battlecruiser from the Star Trek universe. Gameplay-wise and in terms of graphics…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

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When did Megamania come out?
Megamania was released on 24 September 1982 for Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit.

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