Missile Attack

Missile Attack
DeveloperCornsoft Group
PublisherAdventure International
ProgrammersTRS-80
Philip A. Oliver
Apple II
Eric Popejoy
PlatformsTRS-80, Apple II
Release1980

Missile Attack is a clone of Atari, Inc.'s Missile Command arcade video game. It was developed by Cornsoft Group and published in 1980 by Adventure International for the TRS-80 and Apple II. The TRS-80 version was programmed by Philip Oliver, who later wrote the Pac-Man clone Scarfman.

Gameplay

Missile Attack is a game in which the player commands two Anti-ballistic missile silos that are used to destroy missiles coming down in waves from the top of the screen.

Reception

Glenn Mai reviewed Missile Attack in The Space Gamer No. 54. Mai commented that "Despite its problems, Missile Attack is a very good game. Recommended for any arcade buff."

References

  1. 1 2 Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. 1 2 3 Mai, Glenn (August 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (54). Steve Jackson Games: 30.