History VideoGame / CombatAtari2600

** In addition to MiniBoss tank variants, Flyers and Hunters can take potshots at the player.

** the first bonus level is called [[{{VideoGame/ExciteBike}} "Excitable Bike"]], even with a straight course with lots of bumps and hills homaging the NES game's track.
** The fourth boss level for the Carrier is named [[{{Film/ANewHope}} "The Guns, They've Stopped".]] It's also the first level you face a boss with a DeathRay. The Buzz Bombs even have side-mounted engines similar to X-Wings.

* WarpZone: the player completes levels by going into black spheres with two white lightning lines. Other kinds of warp spheres have different colors of lightning.

** Red lightning: boss
** [[spoilers: Green lightning: secret boss level shortcut]]

''Combat'' was one of the UsefulNotes/Atari2600's launch titles, and it came with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on two arcade games from the mid-[[TheSeventies 1970s]]: ''VideoGame/Tank1974'' and ''VideoGame/JetFighter''.

[[{{Creator/Infogrames}} Infogrames's]] 2001 Atari buyout briefly continued a line of [[VideoGameRemake modernizing their arcade games for Windows PCs]] since their ownership under {{Creator/Hasbro}}. One such game is a budget shooter/platformer developed by Magic Lantern Playware the same year. The player fights all kinds of machines across 30 levels

** [[GhostTown "Ghost City"]], filled with endlessly spawning ghost drones phasing through walls.
** [[BrutalBonusLevel "Vertigo"]]: a steep-incline slalom filled with enemies and few railings.

** [[AirborneAircraftCarrier The Carrier]]: a ship that unleashes tons of fighters that deploys a DeathRay once its hangar bays are destroyed.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: the other tank models you can unlock are first seen as enemies. Their turrets can rotate unlike the one on the player's tank.

* InterfaceSpoiler: selecting the player's tank in the options menu reveals four unlockable tanks, some that look similar to ones you encounter. [[spoiler: The last is a boxy 3-D model of the original 2600 tank.]]

* NoPlotNoProblem: You're a tank. There are lots of other machines out there to blow you up. Kill 'em before they kill you.

** Beating the BossRush unlocks the "Sente" tank, named for Nolan Bushnell's post-Atari company [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sente_Technologies Sente Technologies.]] Like "Atari", "Sente" is another term derived from the board game {{BoardGame/Go}}, meaning "having the initiative." See EasterEgg for more details.

** Rocket Drones, which lock onto the player's tank and accelerate to intercept.

* TheSwarm: Buzz Bombs, the first mooks you encounter. They act like bees as they hover around and harass your tank including their queen. The level before reaching the queen requires the player to destroy '''''500 Buzz Bombs''''' to continue. Thankfully, there's more than enough firepower laying around. [[spoiler: The damage down between the swarm and the Queen presumably eradicates them for good.]]

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Atari developed a sequel game ''Combat II'' intended for release in the early 1980s, but it was shelved and didn't see a release until the early 2000s. It features only tank combat. An Platform/Atari5200 homebrew sequel was released, featuring up to four-player gameplay.

!!Combat provides examples of:

''Combat'' was one of the UsefulNotes/Atari2600's launch titles, and it came with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on two arcade games from the mid-[[TheSeventies 1970s]]: ''VideoGame/{{Tank}}'' and ''VideoGame/JetFighter''.

Atari developed a sequel game ''Combat II'' intended for release in the early 1980s, but it was shelved and didn't see a release until the early 2000s. It features only tank combat. An UsefulNotes/{{Atari 5200}} homebrew sequel was released, featuring up to four-player gameplay.

* {{Invisibility}}: The invisible tank games.

* SchizoTech: Biplanes with guided missiles?
* ShootEmUp: The game is a bunch of one-screen player versus player shoot-em-ups.

* TimedMission: 2:16 per round.

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''Combat'' was one of the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, and it came with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on two arcade games from the mid-[[TheSeventies 1970s]]: ''VideoGame/{{Tank}}'' and ''VideoGame/JetFighter''.

* EveryBulletIsATracer: Bullets are one-pixel dots, the same color as the player.

* Games 6-9: Tank-Pong, in which the shell bounces off the walls.

* Games 21-27: Jet dogfight. Like the biplanes, there are variations in clouds, unguided rockets or guided missiles, and squadrons.

Atari developed a sequel game ''Combat II'' intended for release in the early 1980s, but it was shelved and didn't see a release until the early 2000s. An UsefulNotes/{{Atari 5200}} homebrew sequel was released, featuring up to four-player gameplay.

* ColorCodedMultiplayer: Player 1 is red (Tank), yellow-green (Tank-Pong), peach (Biplanes) or orange (Jets). Player two is blue (Tank), purple (Tank-Pong) or light green (Biplanes/Jets).
* ComebackMechanic: A punish-the-winner example. When you hit the other player, the game rotates your vehicle, so that the other player has time to move or return fire while you're lining up the next shot.

* SideView: The biplane games are seen from the side.

* AnachronismStew: Biplanes with guided missiles?

* WrapAround: The biplane and jet games. You and your bullets wrap around the screen both horizontally and vertically. Also the tank games, if you get shot just right you can warp through the outside wall.

* Games 10-14: Invisible Tanks, including regular and Tank-Pong variations.

* Games 1-14: Tank. Drive your tank around, avoid walls or use them as cover, and shoot the other tank. Some of the variations have unguided shells, some have guided missiles, and some are 'Tank-Pong' in which the shell bounces off the walls. The last five variations have invisible tanks, only visible when firing or hitting a wall.

%%* ColorCodedMultiplayer
%%* EveryBulletIsATracer

%%* NoPlotNoProblem
%%* OneBulletAtATime
* PainfullySlowProjectile: Especially the jet games.
%%* PlayerVersusPlayer
%%* ShootEmUp
* SideView: The biplane games.

%%* TopDownView: The tank and jet games.
* WrapAround: The biplane and jet games. Also the tank games, if you get shot just right.

* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames

* ColorCodedMultiplayer
* EveryBulletIsATracer

* NoPlotNoProblem
* OneBulletAtATime

* PlayerVersusPlayer
* ShootEmUp

* TopDownView: The tank and jet games.

''Combat'' was one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, and it came with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on two arcade games from the mid-[[TheSeventies 1970s]]: ''VideoGame/{{Tank}}'' and ''VideoGame/JetFighter''.

The first 14 games are top-view tank games. Drive your tank around, avoid walls or use them as cover, and shoot the other tank. Some of the variations have unguided shells, some have guided missiles, and some are 'Tank-Pong' in which the shell bounces off the walls. The last five variations have invisible tanks, only visible when firing or hitting a wall.

The next six are side-view biplane dogfights. Some have clouds that obscure the planes, some have open skies. Some have single-shot rifles, some have shorter range machine guns, and some have guided missiles. One variation gives each player a squadron of two planes, and another pits three fighters against one bomber.

The last seven are top-view jet dogfights. Like the biplanes, there are variations in clouds, unguided rockets or guided missiles, and squadrons.

''Combat'' was one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, and it came with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on two arcade games from the mid-[[TheSeventies 1970s]]: ''Tank'' and ''Anti-Aircraft II''.

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/combat_824.jpg]] ''Combat'' was one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, and included with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on a couple of arcade games from the mid-[[TheSeventies 1970s]]: ''Tank'' and ''Anti-Aircraft II''. Each game lasts [[TimedMission 2 minutes and 16 seconds]], and the object is to hit your opponent more than he hits you.

''Combat'' was one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, and included with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on a couple of arcade games from the mid-[[TheSeventies 1970s]]: ''Tank'' and ''Anti-Aircraft II''. Each game lasts [[TimedMission 2 minutes and 16 seconds]], and the object is to hit your opponent more than he hits you.

''Combat'' was one of the {{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles, and included with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 TopDownView or SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, {{Shoot Em Up}}s. It was based on a couple of arcade games from the mid-'70s. Each game lasts [[TimedMission 2 minutes and 16 seconds]], and the object is to hit your opponent more than he hits you.