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Atari 2600

Extra Terrestrials

1983 1 Players 40% Not Rated

This maze game offers a two-player variation on the classic Pac-Man formula. One player controls an alien as the Pac-Man stand-in, eating as many dots as they can throughout the stage. Chasing them is the other player as a human who, like the ghosts, is trying to catch and destroy them. The long cart, the box and manual are (re)productions from 2011 with permission of programmer Herman Quast. Rarity Along with Birthday Mania, Red Sea Crossing, and Gamma- Attack, Extra Terrestrials is one of the rarest Atari 2600 games. Extra Terrestrials was released just in time for the crash of 1983. The few copies ever produced were sold to retailers door-to-door exclusively in Southern Ontario.

Release date
December 31, 1983
Developer
Herman Quast
Publisher
Skill Screen Games
Players
1

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Extra Terrestrials

This maze game offers a two-player variation on the classic Pac-Man formula. One player controls an alien as the Pac-Man stand-in, eating as many dots as they can throughout the stage. Chasing them is the other player as a human who, like the ghosts, is trying to catch and destroy them.

The long cart, the box and manual are (re)productions from 2011 with permission of programmer Herman Quast.

Rarity
Along with Birthday Mania, Red Sea Crossing, and Gamma- Attack, Extra Terrestrials is one of the rarest Atari 2600 games. Extra Terrestrials was released just in time for the crash of 1983. The few copies ever produced were sold to retailers door-to-door exclusively in Southern Ontario.

Genres

Action

Modes

Single Player

Studios and credits

Developer
Herman Quast
Publisher
Skill Screen Games

Regional releases

Release date

WorldwideDecember 31, 1983 · Not Rated

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