- Creator Killer: After many failed/unreleased projects, the 2011 re-imagining of Yars' Revenge was Killspace Entertainment's only game (outside of involvement with Rocksmith in 2012) to see the light of day and its poor sales and middling reception caused the company to cease operations in 2012.
- Hey, It's That Sound!: Like those of several Atari 2600 games, the sound effects of Yars' Revenge are frequently heard elsewhere, particularly in the movies Airplane II: The Sequel and Explorers.
- Spiritual Successor: The original game is one to Star Castle. Yars' Revenge originally started out as a direct port of Star Castle, but it changed a lot during development.
- What Could Have Been:
- This started as a port of the game Star Castle. The programmer declared it impossible to create a port of the game that wouldn't suck, and redefined the gameplay into something new. Years later a former Atari employee did create a technologically period-accurate 2600 port
that works and doesn't "suck", but he also spent years on the project... - The PlayStation 3 version of the 2011 re-imagining was planned at one point along with the Xbox 360 and PC versions, but for reasons unknown the PlayStation 3 was quietly canceled.
- This started as a port of the game Star Castle. The programmer declared it impossible to create a port of the game that wouldn't suck, and redefined the gameplay into something new. Years later a former Atari employee did create a technologically period-accurate 2600 port
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