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Space Jockey

Atari 2600

Shooter

U.S. Games' first Atari VCS release (Vidtec brand, 1982): Garry Kitchen's 2K horizontally scrolling shooter. The attack saucer moves only vertically over terrain, shooting tanks and aircraft. Kitchen later programmed the 2600 Donkey Kong port.

Facts

  • Designed by Garry Kitchen at James Wickstead Design Associates; published under U.S. Games' Vidtec brand in 1982.
  • Shipped on a 2K cartridge when most VCS games were 4K; 16 game variations.
  • Kitchen's first video game; he later programmed the Atari 2600 port of Donkey Kong.

Related games

  • Donkey Kong · Atari 2600Garry Kitchen Atari 2600 title

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