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Missile Command

1980 video game

Video gamevideo gameQ1192794

Developer: Atari, Inc.
Publisher: Atari, Inc.
Released: 1980
Platforms: Atari 2600
, Atari 5200
, Microsoft Windows
+8 more
Genre: shoot 'em up

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Missile Command is a 1980 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. It was released by Taito and Sega in Japan. The game was designed by Dave Theurer, who would also design Tempest for Atari the following year. The player uses a trackball to defend six cities from intercontinental ballistic missiles by launching anti-ballistic missiles from three bases.

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Designed by: Dave Theurer
Input device: trackball
touchscreen platforms: iOS
Country of origin: United States
Title: Missile Command
Distributor: App Store platforms: iOS
Operating system: iOS

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