Old-School Action Theater [S1E8]: "Air-Sea Battle" (Atari 2600 - 1977) [NA Version]

Old-School Action Theater
S1E8
Air-Sea Battle [空海戦]
Atari 2600
Action/Fixed Shooter
1977
Atari, Inc.
NA Version
Game A [Small Missile Shots]
Normal Difficulty Mode [Only Mode]

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GAME INFORMATION:
Air-Sea Battle is a fixed shooter developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS). The game was designed by Larry Kaplan who joined Atari in 1976. It was the first game he developed for the company. Air-Sea Battle involves the player controlling a gun to shoot down various targets to earn points in different themed areas. In the various gameplay modes, the player can either control the angle of the gun or move the gun across the screen or adjust the guns speed as it automatically moves for aiming.

Inspired by the game Combat (1977) that was in development at the same time, Kaplan created various modes to the game. The game was inspired by various arcade games of the era, with video game historians identifying the similar gameplay in arcade games like Anti-Aircraft (1975), Drop Zone 4 (1975), Sea Wolf (1976) and Destroyer (1977).

Sears published Air-Sea Battle as Target Fun and used it as the pack-in game for its Tele-Games rebranding of the Atari VCS. Video gave Air-Sea Battle the award for the "Best Target Game" in 1980.

(Source - Wikipedia)