Achieved at : 2023-04-08
Rank : 2
(69% worse)
Lups : 57
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2023-04-25
| General Rules: |
Game must be played on the actual hardware. Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 credit. No continues. 1 player mode only. No use of trainers, cheats, auto-fire (when not default present in-game) , game saves, or cheat codes. Can be overruled by the Specific Rules. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
| Specific Rules: | Play the game with default settings (3 lives, Bonus life at 100,000, Difficulty = Medium, Adaptive Difficulty = On). |
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Major Havoc is a vector graphics arcade game by Atari, released in 1983. It was created by Owen Rubin and Mark Cerny.
The game consists of three parts. The first is a fairly standard shooter level, where your craft comes under attack from a wave of alien craft. The second requires you to land on the alien mothership, similar to a basic version of Lunar Lander. The third is more interesting, in that you have to navigate a maze of corridors to destroy the reactor, then escape. Complete this last task and the game goes to the next level.
The game was not very popular - vector hardware was more expensive than the more usual raster scan screens. This made it expensive and the gameplay was not enticing enough to attract customers, unlike for example, the Star Wars cabinet.
From a technical viewpoint the game is well done however, and of some interest to the game historian. The Maze / Platform section in particular has some nice animation work on Major Havoc - especially when he bangs his head on the ceiling! Overall the graphics have such a Tron-like feel to them, which I really liked. The music is also quite good.
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari Vault on PC. The date of play was the 8th April 2023. The final score was 35,600.
Time stamps:
00:20 Game options - demonstrating that the default settings are selected.
00:30 Game loaded.
00:35 Game start.
00:53 First life lost.
01:01 First wave complete, landing stage begins.
01:07 Landing stage complete, on to the corridors section.
01:15 Reactor activated, countdown to escape begins.
01:33 Escaped, onto the next level.
01:58 Second life lost.
02:23 Third life lost. Game Over. Final score 35,600 points.
02:27 High score table and initials entry.
The game consists of three parts. The first is a fairly standard shooter level, where your craft comes under attack from a wave of alien craft. The second requires you to land on the alien mothership, similar to a basic version of Lunar Lander. The third is more interesting, in that you have to navigate a maze of corridors to destroy the reactor, then escape. Complete this last task and the game goes to the next level.
The game was not very popular - vector hardware was more expensive than the more usual raster scan screens. This made it expensive and the gameplay was not enticing enough to attract customers, unlike for example, the Star Wars cabinet.
From a technical viewpoint the game is well done however, and of some interest to the game historian. The Maze / Platform section in particular has some nice animation work on Major Havoc - especially when he bangs his head on the ceiling! Overall the graphics have such a Tron-like feel to them, which I really liked. The music is also quite good.
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari Vault on PC. The date of play was the 8th April 2023. The final score was 35,600.
Time stamps:
00:20 Game options - demonstrating that the default settings are selected.
00:30 Game loaded.
00:35 Game start.
00:53 First life lost.
01:01 First wave complete, landing stage begins.
01:07 Landing stage complete, on to the corridors section.
01:15 Reactor activated, countdown to escape begins.
01:33 Escaped, onto the next level.
01:58 Second life lost.
02:23 Third life lost. Game Over. Final score 35,600 points.
02:27 High score table and initials entry.