Missile Command
As a regional commander of three anti-missile batteries, the player must defend six cities in their zone from being destroyed. The player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic…
Missile Command is an arcade developed by Atari, released 1 July 1980 on Arcade, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Missile Command is
Missile Command is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1980. It is available on Arcade, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Missile Command is a 1980 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. It was released by Taito and Sega in Japan. The game was designed by Dave Theurer, who would also design Tempest for Atari the following year. The player uses a trackball to defend six cities from intercontinental ballistic missiles by launching anti-ballistic missiles from three bases.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Missile Command holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 60% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 51 votes.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Missile Command yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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