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Survival Run

Powerful aliens have assembled an awesome strike force to destroy Earth. Grab the controls of you starfighter and attack the enemy fortress, lying deep inside a distant planet. Fly through the maze of…

31 December 1983

Survival Run is an arcade developed by Milton Bradley, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 2600.

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What Survival Run is

Survival Run is an arcade game developed by Milton Bradley and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Powerful aliens have assembled an awesome strike force to destroy Earth. Grab the controls of you starfighter and attack the enemy fortress, lying deep inside a distant planet. Fly through the maze of subterranean caverns at hyperspeed, following your onboard computer map for navigation. Fire your photon torpedoes to zap enemy force fields and marauding alien guards as you race toward the ultimate showdown against the Alien Master in his command ship.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Survival Run launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Survival Run come out?
Survival Run was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 2600.

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