Atari
Warlords

Daten
Veröffentlichung 04/1981
Vertrieb USA und Entwicklung Atari
Atari, Inc.
1265 Borregas Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Vertrieb Europa Atari Games
Atari Ireland Ltd.
Tipperary Town
Irland Republik Irland
Vertrieb Japan Sega
Sega Enterprises Ltd.
2 Chome-1-5, Sannō
Ōta-ku, Tōkyō 〒143-0023
Code 29000: Standgerät
29001: Cocktail-Tisch
Genre Shooter
Steuerung Taste + Drehregler
Spieler 1–4 (gleichzeitig)
Prozessor MOS 6502, 1,512 MHz
Audio-Subsystem Atari Pokey, 1,512 MHz
Tonausgabe Mono
Bildschirmtypen 29000: Raster, 23″
29001: Raster, 14″
Darstellung 29000: s/w, mit Farbfolien
29001: Farbe
Auflösung 256×224
Bauformen Standgerät
Cocktail-Tisch
Abmessungen H×B×T 29000: 180,34 × 67,95 × 64,14 cm
29001: 66–101,6 × 82,55 × 63,8 cm, höhenverstellbar
Gewicht 29000: 144,7 kg
29001: 76,7 kg
Produktion 1014 Standgeräte
1253 Cocktail-Tische
Wertung ★★★★


Atari: Warlords
Werbetext (englisch)
Warlords. Win the profit war.
Warlords is a new video game concept that lets you win every battle. The object is to shield home castles from "fireball" hits, and to catch and launch "fireballs" against the enemy's castle wall, break through and destroy the dreaded Black Knight.
New 1, 2, 3 or 4 player simultaneous play.
Warlods is a new concept in competitive skill and challenge. One, two, three or four players can compete against each other or play as teams on the cocktail game, one or two on the upright – at the same time! The battle begins with a castle in each corner of the playfield. An animated dragon appears and releases fireballs. One player must defeat three Black Knights, two players, two Black Knights as well as fight each other, etc.
Exciting "Power Stone" control.
By controlling the Power Stone, a player can catch a fireball on his shield for defense, hold it momentarily, then redirect it at the opposing castles. The game ends when home castles are destroyed.
Extended Play
Bonus Battles. Abonus battle is awarded when all Black Knight castles are destroyed. Bonus battles ae not awarded in 3 or 4 player games.
Bonus Point Levels. For additional high point competition, Bonus Level points are awarded to a surviving home castle in the 1 or 2 player game. The last surviving home castle or game winner receives a bonus battle, achieves bonus level 1 and receives 1 times 5000 points. If a second game is won, the player progresses to level 2, receives another bonus battle plus 2 times 5000 points. Progression continues to level 8. Game difficulty also increases as higher levels are reached.
New Skill-Sense™ feature.
Warlords "senses" degree of player skill and automatically adjusts to provide equal game time opportunity for any degree of player ability. For a skilled player, Warlords provides immediate challenge. The player has 8 seconds to hit a castle wall before the second fireball is released. For the novice, Warlords "waits" for players to learn the game. The player has 30 seconds to catch a fireball before the second fireball is released.
Score Displays.
Individual scores are displayed inside home castle walls. Highest team score is shown on a "Team High Score" table which shows total of two players score while indicating their individual scores inside the home castles during the game. This table allows both players to enter teir initials under their high score. A high score table is also provided for a single player score and initials.

Operator Options
Languages.
English, French, German or Spanish vieo messages can be displayed.
Coinage. 256 coin options, including: 1 player = 1 coin, 2 or more player game = 2 coins.

Scoring.
Destroying a Brick of opponent's wall = 125 points
Destroying the Warlord = 1000 points
Destroying the Black Knight = 2500 points
Bonus Level × 5000 points
i.e., Level 1 × 5000 points = 5000 points
Level 2 × 5000 points = 10,000 points
Level 3 × 5000 points = 15,000 points
(up to Level 8)

Trivia
Warlords ist Teil mehrerer Spielesammlungen, darunter Atari Anniversary Edition Recux, Atari Anthology, Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 1, Retro Atari Classics, Atari Greatest Hits, Atari Masterpieces Vol. II und Atari Arcade Hits 2.

Arbeitstitel des Spiels war Castles and Kings.

Via Game Room war das Spiel 2010 für Windows und Xbox 360 als Downloadspiel erhältlich.

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Letzte Seitenbearbeitung: 1. April 2024