January 1, 1982

Collections

Robotron

Platforms

Acorn Electron Apple II Arcade Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari 8-bit Atari Lynx Atari ST/STE BBC Microcomputer System Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore VIC-20 DOS Mac Xbox 360

Companies

Atari Atari Corporation Digital Eclipse Shadowsoft Vid Kidz Williams Electronics

Genres

Arcade Shooter

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The arcade version's eight-directional dual-joystick control scheme (one to move, one to fire) was implemented when the game's creator, Eugene Jarvis, had his injured right hand in a cast. He was unable to play the arcade game Berzerk, because the cast prevented him from pressing the fire button. The two joysticks made it possible to move and fire at the same time without having to use buttons.

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