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Missile Command: Recharged

Fire missiles to protect your bases! A classic arcade game's back and recharged!

62 26 March 2020

Missile Command: Recharged is an arcade developed by Atari, Inc., released 26 March 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Missile Command: Recharged is

Missile Command: Recharged is an arcade game developed by Atari, Inc. and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Missile Command: Recharged is a re-imagining of the beloved classic with fast-paced, arcade action where players must defend their bases by blasting an endless barrage of missiles hailing from the sky. Launch counter-missiles to protect your base and target powerups to gain an edge at critical moments. Missile Command: Recharged will appeal to those that fondly remember playing the original or its many iterations, and a whole new generation of gamers that are looking for fast-paced, pick-up-and play, arcade goodness.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Missile Command: Recharged holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 11 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Missile Command: Recharged launched on 26 March 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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When did Missile Command: Recharged come out?
Missile Command: Recharged was released on 26 March 2020 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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