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The Adventures of Major Havoc

Major Havoc is an upright cabinet vector-based arcade game made by Atari in 1983. The player controlled the titular character, Major Rex Havoc, first in the "shoot-'em-up" style game, in which the player…

31 December 1983

The Adventures of Major Havoc is an arcade developed by Atari, released 31 December 1983 on Arcade.

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What The Adventures of Major Havoc is

The Adventures of Major Havoc is an arcade game developed by Atari and released in 1983. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Major Havoc is an upright cabinet vector-based arcade game made by Atari in 1983. The player controlled the titular character, Major Rex Havoc, first in the "shoot-'em-up" style game, in which the player operated Major Havoc's spaceship, the Catastrofighter, against the numerous robot ships who defend the enemy reactors. The ships are encased in a sort of "buckyball" force-field shield which must be shot first before the ship can be killed. In the next phase, the player would land on the robot space-station by centering the Catastrofighter in between the moving white line and Major Havoc would exit his ship and enter the space-station. The roller-knob controlled left and right character…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

The Adventures of Major Havoc 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.

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The Adventures of Major Havoc — frequently asked questions

When did The Adventures of Major Havoc come out?
The Adventures of Major Havoc was released on 31 December 1983 for Arcade.
Does The Adventures of Major Havoc have multiplayer?
Yes. The Adventures of Major Havoc supports multiplayer.

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