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Missile Command

Missile Command is a 1980 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. It was released by Taito and Sega in Japan. The game was designed by Dave Theurer, who would also design Tempest for Atari the following year. The player uses a trackball to defend six cities from intercontinental ballistic missiles by launching…

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Genre
Shoot 'em up
Composer
Rich Adam
Designer
Dave Theurer
Developer
Atari, Inc.[a]
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer
Platforms
Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Atari ST, Game Boy, Game Boy Color

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Gameplay

Development

Reception

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Legacy

Competitive play

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Missile Command

Nodes134
Edges133
Triples186
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014925
Components1

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Missile Command

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related to Re-releases · 38
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related to In popular culture · 31
Missile Command → Atomic Command, Barney Miller, Call Girl, Chuck, Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer, Clyde Kusatsu, Deadly Premonition, Fallout, Fast Times, Francis York Morgan, FX, High Score, In, John Connor, Judgment Day, Marathon, Missile Command's, Morimoto, Mr, NBC
related to Clones · 20
Missile Command → ABM, Apple II, Axis Assassin, Barrage, BBC Micro, Castle Wolfenstein, Contemporary Missile Command, Electronic Arts, ICBM, John Field, Missile Command-like, Missile Control, Missile Defense, Repulsar, Silas Warner, Similarly, Stratos, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum
related to Ports · 17
Missile Command → Atari, Atari Age, Atari XEGS, Fulop, Imagic, In, Joseph Nickischer, Krytol, On, Paleotronic Magazine, RF, Rob Fulop, Safeway, The, This Easter, Volume, Zardon
related to Competitive play · 14
Missile Command → Bowles, Fame, Floridian Jody Bowles, Guinness World Records, In, Los Angeles, Marathon, On July, Pensacola, Roy Shildt, The Filling Station Eatery, This, Twin Galaxies, Video Game Hall
Release · 12
Missile Command → 1981, 1987, April 1981, ArcadeNA: June 1980JP: July 1980EU: 1980 2600April 1981 Atari 8-bit1981 5200October 1982 Atari ST1987 Game BoyNA: March 1992EU: 1992 Game Boy ColorNA: September 1999EU: 1999, EU: 1980, EU: 1992, EU: 1999, JP: July 1980, NA: June 1980, NA: March 1992, NA: September 1999, October 1982
related to Film connection and adaptation · 11
Missile Command → Atari, Centipede, Century Fox, Damnation Alley, Emmett/Furla Oasis Films, Entertainment, ICBMs, In February, In May, The, Universal Pictures
related to Updated versions · 9
Missile Command → An, Atari Jaguar, Classic, Hasbro Interactive, It, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Virtual, Virtuality
related to Sequels · 8
Missile Command → Arcade Classics, Atari, California, Despite, In, Santa Clara, Super Centipede, This
related to Reception · 6
Missile Command → Cold War's, It, Japan, National Missile Defense, Sega, The

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Missile CommandComposerRich Adam1.00infobox
Missile CommandDesignerDave Theurer1.00infobox
Missile CommandDeveloperAtari, Inc.[a]1.00infobox
Missile CommandGenreShoot 'em up1.00infobox
Missile CommandModesSingle-player, multiplayer1.00infobox
Missile CommandPlatformsArcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Atari ST, Game Boy, Game Boy Color1.00infobox
Missile CommandProgrammersRich Adam Dave Theurer1.00infobox
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Missile CommandPublishersNA/EU: Atari, Inc.1.00infobox
Missile CommandPublishersJP: Taito/Sega1.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseArcadeNA: June 1980JP: July 1980EU: 1980 2600April 1981 Atari 8-bit1981 5200October 1982 Atari ST1987 Game BoyNA: March 1992EU: 1992 Game Boy ColorNA: September 1999EU: 19991.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseNA: June 19801.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseJP: July 19801.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseEU: 19801.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseApril 19811.00infobox
Missile CommandRelease19811.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseOctober 19821.00infobox
Missile CommandRelease19871.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseNA: March 19921.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseEU: 19921.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseNA: September 19991.00infobox
Missile CommandReleaseEU: 19991.00infobox
Missile CommandSeriesMissile Command1.00infobox
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