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Room of Doom

In this Berzerk-like game you are in a room which is surrounded by several hostile snipers. Just before the snipers shoot at you a door in front of them will open allowing the bullet to pass. It is your task…

31 December 1982

Room of Doom is an arcade developed by CommaVid, Inc., released 31 December 1982 on Atari 2600.

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What Room of Doom is

Room of Doom is an arcade game developed by CommaVid, Inc. and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In this Berzerk-like game you are in a room which is surrounded by several hostile snipers. Just before the snipers shoot at you a door in front of them will open allowing the bullet to pass. It is your task to eleminate the snipers in shooting through the opening doors while your are shot at, dodging the enemies' bullets but still stying to hit your mark. To make matters worse, a monster will respawn randomly in the room you are trapped in whenever you have killed it. After having killed all snipers you move to the next more difficult level.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Room of Doom launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Xevious.

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When did Room of Doom come out?
Room of Doom was released on 31 December 1982 for Atari 2600.

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