Threshold
Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the…
Threshold is an arcade developed by On-Line Systems, released 31 December 1981 on Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Apple II and Atari 8-bit.
What Threshold is
Threshold is an arcade game developed by On-Line Systems and released in 1981. It was published by France Image Logiciel. It is available on Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and Thomson MO5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the screen he will reappear on the other side of the screen again. This goes on as long as the player has destroyed all enemy ships and the game progresses into the next stage with enemies approaching in a different attack pattern. Needless to say that contact with an enemy projectile or an enemy itself results in losing a life.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Threshold launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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