Combat
Console icon Atari 2600

Game icon

Developer

Atari

Publisher

Atari, Sears

Genre

Shoot 'em Up

Released

October 14, 1977

Achievements

Author: AppleAndo (15)

There are 15 achievements worth 99 (155) points.

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title - Type 
  • Curve Ball

    (1) (1)

    Curve your shot to hit your opponent

    714 (431) of 750 โ€“ 95.20%

    57.47% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    95.20% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Score a point after the game ends

    321 (255) of 750 โ€“ 42.80%

    34.00% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    42.80% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Trick Shot

    (1) (1)

    Hit your opponent with only 1 bounce

    348 (279) of 750 โ€“ 46.40%

    37.20% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    46.40% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Have a shot bounce around on 10 surfaces

    249 (212) of 750 โ€“ 33.20%

    28.27% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    33.20% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Curve your shot to hit your opponent in games 10-11

    257 (229) of 750 โ€“ 34.27%

    30.53% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    34.27% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Score a point after the game ends in games 10-14

    196 (178) of 750 โ€“ 26.13%

    23.73% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    26.13% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Hit your opponent with only 1 bounce in games 12-14

    253 (228) of 750 โ€“ 33.73%

    30.40% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    33.73% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Have a shot bounce around on 10 surfaces in games 12-14

    217 (196) of 750 โ€“ 28.93%

    26.13% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    28.93% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Player 2 is braindead (Tanks)

    400 (305) of 750 โ€“ 53.33%

    40.67% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    53.33% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Score a point within the first second of a battle

    226 (202) of 750 โ€“ 30.13%

    26.93% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    30.13% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Score 25 points on the ground

    180 (163) of 750 โ€“ 24.00%

    21.73% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    24.00% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Dogfight

    (5) (8)

    Score 25 points in the air (Not game 20)

    181 (166) of 750 โ€“ 24.13%

    22.13% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    24.13% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • 1 v 3

    (10) (15)

    As Player 1, score 25 points in game 20 or 26

    194 (179) of 750 โ€“ 25.87%

    23.87% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    25.87% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • 3 v 1

    (10) (18)

    As Player 2, score 30 points in game 20 or 26

    156 (145) of 750 โ€“ 20.80%

    19.33% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    20.80% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Score 25 points in games 10-14

    154 (141) of 750 โ€“ 20.53%

    18.80% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    20.53% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

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Recent comments

(See all 38)

Shagasek 26 Sep 2024 21:29
3rd Mastery YouTube video https://youtu.be/adKSSc67W2Q
VenHur 13 Oct 2024 04:01
Mastered.
eltodoa100 22 Oct 2024 16:52
For the bounce around achievement go straight for the 12 mode and get both cheevos
Barriflegamer 23 Oct 2024 04:05
Master #116. Really good and inventive set. Not hard at all. Probably wouldโ€™ve been a decent two player game, but this set did a good job of creating challenges for one player.
socratesbro 1 Nov 2024 23:46
1st mastery
Amzolg 8 Nov 2024 14:30
Mastery #10
Mastered a while ago but I'm interested by the comments so I figured I'd retroactively comment.
AppleAndo 9 Nov 2024 03:26
You know you can just press the "subscribe to comments" button to see when people talk in a forum or wall, right?
Amzolg 9 Nov 2024 21:08
Oh... I didn't know xD
Thx!
MrArchives 11 Nov 2024 07:47
You also subscribe to the walls automatically when you start playing the games. Pretty handy and fun to get the activity in the mail :)

Anyway, I just Mastered this game yesterday! Definately a very inventive set! Was fun to master, though I really hope that Atari doesnt keep putting CPUs on player 1... its really annoying to have to keep opening the retroarch overlay to switch players. If I wouldnt have to I bet I wouldve enjoyed the 3 v 1 achievement more, but thats nothing that the makers of the cheevos are doing wrong ๐Ÿ˜‰

Again, overal, great set! :)
Amzolg 11 Nov 2024 12:31
Didn't you master it last year? You have an old comment saying so.
MrArchives 11 Nov 2024 14:34
Oh yeah, I reset all my progress on all my games to have a fresh start when I wanted to restart my journey for twitch. You could say I mastered it twice in that case ๐Ÿ˜‚
MrArchives 11 Nov 2024 14:35
And then I also kinda stopped streaming a week ago as it became too big of a hurdle to play for achievements ๐Ÿ™ˆ
Amzolg 11 Nov 2024 14:36
jesus... your dedication is worthy of praise!
Amzolg 11 Nov 2024 14:39
oh right, I guess it gets tough. In the end, we only want to have fun.
marmara12 27 Nov 2024 05:25
M#12, the chronology continues.

Not much to say, it's just another good launch title for the Atari. I could imagine this being fun if I had friends to play with. For those struggling with "You can't run from me", what I found to work best is to go forward until about the center, and then don't move from there.

There's a few oddities in the set though, like Dogfight not allowing you to use Game 20, but Game 26 is perfectly fine for... Some reason, when it's possibly easier to get 25 points on. I also don't know why Bounce Around (No Scope) gives more points than it's usual version, since from what I can tell, the ball seems to bounce for longer before disappearing, and it's not the sort of thing really affected by being able to see where you or your opponent are since you're likely just doing trial and error until something works anyway.
AppleAndo 27 Nov 2024 14:22
I can actually answer the oddities. It may have been almost 2 years since I designed the set but I still know my thought process.
Why game 26 but not game 20. Hitboxes. In Game 20 you have 3 small planes vs 1 big plane, in 26 you have 3 small planes against 1 small planes. The small planes might be easier to move, but it is harder to hit. I had plenty of times where my shots went through the gaps in the 3 planes.
Bounce around timers: They actually varry from game modes. Games 6,, 7, and 12 have around a 2 second timer for the bullet while games 8, 9, 13, and 14 have around a 4 second timer. I was expecting some else to comment this discrepancy I noticed long ago, but eh, might as well say it now. And it's not even like the point discrepancy is that big, it's a 1 pointer compared to a 3 pointer. I just like the clean 99 points this set has.

Hope those answer your questions Marmara
CrazyHandedMole 26 Dec 2024 01:14
Mastery #11
I struggled quite a bit with 3 v 1 and You can't run from me, but overall it seems pretty "accessible" compared to Air-Sea Battle.
IceStrike256 5 Jan 2025 20:27
Happy to master another game I grew up on!
ChiiniiTheComet 6 Feb 2025 16:24
I actually mastered this one on stream with AppleAndo himself! I had never heard of this game, despite it being the pack-in title for the Atari 2600! Great set with juuuuuust the right amount of difficulty. Thanks, Apple!
HDgamer23 26 Apr 2025 21:57
Mastery #1