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'''The Attack''' is a video game programmed by [[Tom Pettingill]] with music and play-balancing programmed by [[Kevin Kenney]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Pixelated Arcade: The Attack|url=http://www.pixelatedarcade.com/games/the-attack}}</ref> It was produced by Milton Bradley, and distributed by Texas Instruments (TI). It was released in the first quarter of 1980 and retailed for $39.95. It is an [[:Category:Action|Action]] [[:category:Space|Space]] [[:Category:Shooter|Shooter]] game that was distributed via [[:Category:Solid State Software Command Module|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]]. | '''The Attack''' is a video game programmed by [[Tom Pettingill]] with music and play-balancing programmed by [[Kevin Kenney]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Pixelated Arcade: The Attack|url=http://www.pixelatedarcade.com/games/the-attack}}</ref> It was produced by Milton Bradley, and distributed by Texas Instruments (TI). It was released in the first quarter of 1980 and retailed for $39.95. It is an [[:Category:Action|Action]] [[:category:Space|Space]] [[:Category:Shooter|Shooter]] game that was distributed via [[:Category:Solid State Software Command Module|Solid State Software<sup>TM</sup> Command Module]]. | ||
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| + | The player controls a spaceship with its weapons that he/she uses to blast apart "spores" that connect together to form dangerous aliens. Once formed, the aliens must be obliterated, else, they will destroy the player. Incubators, black boxes with countdown numbers on them, continually release new spores as the game progresses, or, in later levels, give birth to aliens. | ||
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 The Attack (Front Cover) | |
| Publisher(s) | Milton Bradley (Distributed by TI) |
| Original Retail Price | $39.95 |
| Programmer(s) | Tom Pettingill & Kevin Kenney |
| Part# | PHM 3031 |
| Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
| Release | 1980 (1st quarter) |
| Genre(s) | Action, Shooter, Space |
The Attack is a video game programmed by Tom Pettingill with music and play-balancing programmed by Kevin Kenney. [1] It was produced by Milton Bradley, and distributed by Texas Instruments (TI). It was released in the first quarter of 1980 and retailed for $39.95. It is an Action Space Shooter game that was distributed via Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module.
Gameplay
The player controls a spaceship with its weapons that he/she uses to blast apart "spores" that connect together to form dangerous aliens. Once formed, the aliens must be obliterated, else, they will destroy the player. Incubators, black boxes with countdown numbers on them, continually release new spores as the game progresses, or, in later levels, give birth to aliens.
