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Canyon Bomber

Canyon Bomber is the a port of the arcade game of the same name, rewritten in color and with a different visual style for the Atari 2600. The player and an opponent fly a blimp or biplane over a canyon full of…

1 April 1979

Canyon Bomber is an arcade developed by Atari, released 1 April 1979 on Atari 2600.

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What Canyon Bomber is

Canyon Bomber is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1979. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Canyon Bomber is the a port of the arcade game of the same name, rewritten in color and with a different visual style for the Atari 2600. The player and an opponent fly a blimp or biplane over a canyon full of numbered, circular rocks, arranged in layers. The player does not control the flight of vehicles, but only presses a button to drop bombs which destroy rocks and give points. Each rock is labeled with the points given for destroying it. As the number of rocks is reduced, it becomes harder to hit them without missing. The third time a player drops a bomb without hitting a rock, the game is over.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Canyon Bomber come out?
Canyon Bomber was released on 1 April 1979 for Atari 2600.

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