Atari Coin Connection

Volume 6 Number 8
November 1982
Atari® Previews New Vision at AMOA '83
he Coin Games Division of Atari is
introducing three sensational new
video games at this year's AMOA
Show: Liberator;M an adventure in space
where the player zaps enemy missile
bases on planets resembling Earth and
Jupiter; Millipede;M an ex<::iting journey
deep into a forest glade where the player
must defend himself from hordes of exot-
ic insects; and Pole Position;M* an abso-
lutely unbelievable driving game-it's so
realistic players lean into the turns. All
three games can be seen at the ATARI
Exhibit.
Liberator is a challenge that no true
player can resist. As a planet rotates
below, enemy missile bases appear on
the horizon. As soon as they get to the
center of the planet's surface they' ll
change into satellites. The
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player must blast the
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The missile
bases fire at
the player's
ships, as
do the
satel-
lites.
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player does have shields to protect his
ships, but they're no help against the
MIRVs that are fired in higher game lev-
els. As the player's skill increases, the
game becomes increasingly difficult,
throwing f ireballs and starballs at the
player's ships. The number of enemy
bases increases, the planet rotation
speed increases and direction of rotation
alternates. The planet's appearance will
change, as well. And for the final chal-
lenge, the player is faced with a "smart"
missile base which can change the di-
rection of planet rotation to avoid being
hit by the player laser blaster.
Millipede is fast-paced fun for the whole
family. It may seem harmless
at fi rst but look out-
danger is at hand
in the form of dragonflies, beetles, spi-
ders, mosquitos, inchworms and a
swarm of bees that really mount a fero-
cious attack. All the player can do is
move quickly, shooting his arrows up
through the field of mushrooms at the
scattered insects. Those pretty flowers
that appear instead of mushrooms aren't
so nice, either. They will stop the player's
arrows cold. Millipede will have players
panting by the end of the game!
Pole Position will drive players crazy!
Zooming
around
turns at high
speed, the
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tries to
guide a high- ,,
perfor-
car through
the
qualifying lap in
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under 73 seconds,
all the while avoiding the
other cars on the track. The
turns are tight, and if
the player's car
veers off the track,
he's likely to run
into the road
signs posted
at intervals
along the way.
Once the dri-
ver quali-
fies, he's
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