Achieved at : 2023-04-10
Rank : 1
(world record)
Lups : 200
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2023-05-05
| 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 in 1 player mode with default settings |
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Missile Command was released by Atari in 1980. Created by Dave Theurer and Rich Adam, it follows the theme of total nuclear annihilation and your ultimately vain attempts to stop it. A cheery game! In the 1970s and 1980s, the threat of all-out nuclear war was very real, so the game was very topical.
You control three missile bases whose mission is to destroy the incoming missiles, satellites and bombers. You have to protect six cities as well as your missile bases. Lose all six cities and the game is lost. If a missile base is hit, any remaining missiles in it are lost. Don't go too mad firing your missiles either, as it is possible to use them all up and be defenceless for the rest of the wave. After each successful wave, the missile bases are restocked. If you score enough points, you will have one of your cities rebuilt - these are effectively your lives.
The original game used a trackball controller. This makes using a joystick potentially too slow. A mouse would be a better option, closer to the original concept. An absolute classic, it spawned many home conversions and adaptations, many of which featured the iconic game over screen - "The End".
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration on PC. The date of play was the 10th April 2023. The final score was 9,220 points.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is just that, a celebration of 50 years of Atari. Although there have been many Atari game compilations over the years, this one is the best yet, lovingly put together with many documents and features within it. It's like visiting an interactive museum.
Time stamps:
00:30 Selecting the Missile Command arcade machine from the library.
00:37 Game loaded.
00:41 Game options.
01:01 Game start.
01:19 Wave 1 complete.
01:51 Wave 2 complete.
02:17 Wave 3 complete.
02:41 Wave 4 complete.
03:03 Wave 5 complete.
03:20 Last city destroyed. Game Over. Final score 9,220 points.
03:26 Initials entry and High Score table.
You control three missile bases whose mission is to destroy the incoming missiles, satellites and bombers. You have to protect six cities as well as your missile bases. Lose all six cities and the game is lost. If a missile base is hit, any remaining missiles in it are lost. Don't go too mad firing your missiles either, as it is possible to use them all up and be defenceless for the rest of the wave. After each successful wave, the missile bases are restocked. If you score enough points, you will have one of your cities rebuilt - these are effectively your lives.
The original game used a trackball controller. This makes using a joystick potentially too slow. A mouse would be a better option, closer to the original concept. An absolute classic, it spawned many home conversions and adaptations, many of which featured the iconic game over screen - "The End".
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration on PC. The date of play was the 10th April 2023. The final score was 9,220 points.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is just that, a celebration of 50 years of Atari. Although there have been many Atari game compilations over the years, this one is the best yet, lovingly put together with many documents and features within it. It's like visiting an interactive museum.
Time stamps:
00:30 Selecting the Missile Command arcade machine from the library.
00:37 Game loaded.
00:41 Game options.
01:01 Game start.
01:19 Wave 1 complete.
01:51 Wave 2 complete.
02:17 Wave 3 complete.
02:41 Wave 4 complete.
03:03 Wave 5 complete.
03:20 Last city destroyed. Game Over. Final score 9,220 points.
03:26 Initials entry and High Score table.