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Sentinel

Sentinel is a 1990 video game developed by Imagineering and published by Atari for the Atari 2600. It is the only light gun game ever released for the Atari 2600 platform. It was re-released with improved…

31 December 1990

Sentinel is a shooter developed by Imagineering Inc., released 31 December 1990 on Atari 7800 and Atari 2600.

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What Sentinel is

Sentinel is a shooter game developed by Imagineering Inc. and released in 1990. It was published by Atari Corporation. It is available on Atari 7800 and Atari 2600.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sentinel is a 1990 video game developed by Imagineering and published by Atari for the Atari 2600. It is the only light gun game ever released for the Atari 2600 platform. It was re-released with improved graphics for the Atari 7800 in 1991.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Sentinel launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.

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When did Sentinel come out?
Sentinel was released on 31 December 1990 for Atari 7800 and Atari 2600.

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