The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds is a 1-player strategy war game for the Atari 8-bit. Based on the H.G. Wells novel, you control infantry, cavalry, and artillery units in combat against an alien invasion. Played on a…
The War of the Worlds is a turn-based strategy (tbs), released 31 December 1983 on Atari 8-bit.
What The War of the Worlds is
The War of the Worlds was released in 1983. It was published by Task Force Computer Games. It is available on Atari 8-bit only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The War of the Worlds is a 1-player strategy war game for the Atari 8-bit. Based on the H.G. Wells novel, you control infantry, cavalry, and artillery units in combat against an alien invasion. Played on a terrain map, your troops can move quickly by rail. Each turn, alien cylinders or reinforcements may arrive. Maneuver your forces, engage the aliens as they emerge, and try to defeat the extraterrestrial threat before they wreck the landscape.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The War of the Worlds series
The War of the Worlds is the second of 7 entries we hold in the The War of the Worlds series. It arrived 12 months after War of the Worlds. The next entry was War of the Worlds in 1984.
What it launched against
The War of the Worlds 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.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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