The Attack (video game)

1981 video game

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1981 video game

The Attack

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Developer(s)| Milton Bradley
Publisher(s)| Texas Instruments
Programmer(s)| Jim Pettingell[1]
Platform(s)| TI-99/4A
Release| 1981
Genre(s)| Multidirectional shooter

The Attack is a multidirectional shooter video game created, designed, and implemented by Jim Pettingell for the TI-99/4A home computer and published by Texas Instruments in 1981.[1] The game was developed at Milton Bradley as Alien Attack, inspired by the movies Alien (1979) and Barbarella (1968). After being sold to TI, the name was changed to The Attack.[2]

## Gameplay

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The player flies a spaceship in four directions around a single screen, shooting "spores", which connect together to form new aliens, and already formed aliens before they eat the player. Incubators, shown as square boxes, release more spores or, in later levels, aliens.[3]

There are four skill levels: Novice, Intermediate, Master, and Pro.[3]

## Reception

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## See also

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* Alien (Atari 2600)

## References

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1. ^ a b Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
2. ^ "TI-99/4A Videogame House - The Attack". www.videogamehouse.net. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
3. ^ a b The Attack Manual (PDF). Dallas, TX: Texas Instruments. 1980.

## External links

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* The Attack at TI-99/4A-Pedia
* Gameplay video at YouTube

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