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Spinning Fireball

The goal of the game is to have your wizard create and shoot a fireball at the catapult that movies across the top of the screen. The controls for Spinning Fireball are bit difficult to master, which is just…

31 December 1983

Spinning Fireball is a video game, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 2600.

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What Spinning Fireball is

Spinning Fireball was released in 1983. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The goal of the game is to have your wizard create and shoot a fireball at the catapult that movies across the top of the screen. The controls for Spinning Fireball are bit difficult to master, which is just as well as you probably won't want to play this game very long. To create your fireball, simply push and hold the joystick forward. Once the fireball starts to spin, press the fire button to shoot it. The direction the fireball flies is based on the direction it was spinning when the button was pressed (sort of like the hammer throw in Track and Field). If you are facing right the fireball will rotate clockwise, otherwise if you left the fireball will rotate counterclockwise. If your…
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What it launched against

Spinning Fireball launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness, Zoo Keeper.

Quick answers

Spinning Fireball — frequently asked questions

When did Spinning Fireball come out?
Spinning Fireball was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 2600.