Artillery Duel
Artillery Duel is an artillery game originally written for the Bally Astrocade by Perkins Engineering and published by Bally in 1982. Xonox published ports for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and VIC-20. Artillery Duel was featured in several double-ended cartridges—with one game on each end—as well as in a single cartridge.
| Artillery Duel | |
|---|---|
 Atari 2600 screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | Perkins Engineering |
| Publisher(s) | Xonox |
| Programmer(s) | Atari 2600 Mike Schwartz[1] VIC-20 Jerry Brinson[1] |
| Platform(s) | Astrocade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, VIC-20. |
| Release | Astrocade 1982 Atari 2600 |
| Genre(s) | Artillery game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
The game consists of dueling cannons on either side of a hill or mountain of varying height and shape. Each player has control of the incline and force behind the shell launched, the objective being to score a direct hit on the opposing target. Where many versions gave the player a few tries on the same course, Artillery Duel switches to a new mountain after each turn. When the player does manage to hit the opposing cannon, the reward is a brief animation of comically marching soldiers at the bottom of the screen.
Reception
Danny Goodman of Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games said after visiting the summer 1982 Consumer Electronics Show that "the cleverest graphics award goes to Artillery Duel" for the Bally Astrocade, describing it as "really a graphics showpiece with a little bit of player interaction thrown in".[3]
See also
References
- Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- "Release date information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- Goodman, Danny (Spring 1983). "Home Video Games: Video Games Update". Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games. p. 32.