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Obelix

Obelix is a game where you simultaneously play as Asterix and Obelix maintaining their favorite Gaulish sport of thumping the living daylights out of Roman soldiers. The objective of the game is to help…

1 December 1983

Obelix is an arcade developed by Atari, released 1 December 1983 on Atari 2600.

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What Obelix is

Obelix is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Obelix is a game where you simultaneously play as Asterix and Obelix maintaining their favorite Gaulish sport of thumping the living daylights out of Roman soldiers. The objective of the game is to help Asterix stun Roman soldiers simply by running into them, and they turn white from blue, while you command good ol'Obelix to throws his oversized Menhirs down at stunned Romans with a splat.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Asterix series

Obelix is the first of 63 entries we hold in the Asterix series. The next entry was Ardok the Barbarian in 1986.

See all 63 Asterix games in release order →

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When did Obelix come out?
Obelix was released on 1 December 1983 for Atari 2600.

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