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Asteroids was released for the Atari VCS (later renamed Atari 2600) and Atari 8-bit computers in 1981. Programmers Brad Stewart and Bob Smith were unable to fit the Atari VCS port into a 4 KB cartridge. It became the first game for the console to use bank switching, a technique that increases ROM size from 4 KB to 8 KB. [20]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Atari 8-bit computer games. It includes titles that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Video games in this category have been released exclusively for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers.
The player assumes the role of a spacecraft pilot whose mission is to travel between the various bodies of the Solar System.The game opens with a mix of electric guitar music and digitized speech during which the player is shown the text of a transmission sent from the headquarters of a body known as "P.L.A.N.E.T.":
This category lists video games for Atari 8-bit computers. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ...
The channel is known for its videos on restoration of old computers, [12] [13] and demonstration of old technology. [14] [15] Murray has also developed video games designed to run on old computers, including Planet X1 for the VIC-20, [16] Planet X2 for Commodore 64, [17] [18] Planet X3 for MS-DOS [19] [20] [21] and Attack of the PETSCII Robots for the Commodore PET (since ported to other ...
In the history of video games, the third generation of video game consoles, commonly referred to as the 8-bit era, began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese release of two systems: Nintendo's Family Computer (commonly abbreviated to Famicom) and Sega's SG-1000.
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Players take on missions that lead them through several levels called "dicts", each one based on one of the band's members. The game features Linkin Park promotional art as the basis of the game, including posters on the walls, paintings by Mike Shinoda himself, and all six band members drawn as 8-bit styled characters. [1] [2]