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Night Stalker

Night Stalker (released as "Dark Cavern" on Atari 2600) is a top-down maze shooter designed by Steve Montero and released for the Intellivision console in 1982. Night Stalker was ported to the Atari 2600 as…

6 May 1982

Night Stalker is an arcade developed by Mattel Electronics, released 6 May 1982 on Atari 2600, Intellivision, Apple II and DOS.

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What Night Stalker is

Night Stalker is an arcade game developed by Mattel Electronics and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600, Intellivision, Apple II and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player controls a man trapped in a hedgerow maze with no exits and many threats, some natural such as bats and spiders, others artificial and more deadly in nature such as robots. The player starts out in a bunker in the middle of the map completely defenseless. A gun icon flashes at one of five random locations which he must pick up to arm himself. Each gun has six bullets. Once the ammunition has been exhausted, the gun icon will appear again and the player must move defenselessly through the maze to retrieve the new weapon. There are five different robots that the man encounters in accordance with the point total. The terrain is filled with corners and ambush points that players must…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Night Stalker come out?
Night Stalker was released on 6 May 1982 for Atari 2600, Intellivision, Apple II and DOS.

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