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Warlords

Warlords is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game resembles a combination of Breakout and Quadrapong (an early Atari arcade game) in the sense that not only can up to 4 players play the game…

56 31 December 1980

Warlords is an arcade developed by Atari, released 31 December 1980 on Arcade.

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What Warlords is

Warlords is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1980. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warlords is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game resembles a combination of Breakout and Quadrapong (an early Atari arcade game) in the sense that not only can up to 4 players play the game at the same time, but also the "forts" in the four corners of the screen are brick walls that could be broken with a flaming ball. Warlords uses spinner controllers for player control, and came in both an upright 2 player version and a 4 player cocktail version. The upright version uses a black and white monitor, and reflects the game image onto a mirror, with a backdrop of castles, giving the game a 3D feel. The upright version only supports up to two simultaneous players, which move…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Warlords holds a critic score of 56 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70.

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Warlords — frequently asked questions

When did Warlords come out?
Warlords was released on 31 December 1980 for Arcade.
Does Warlords have multiplayer?
Yes. Warlords supports multiplayer.

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