Yar's Revenge
This page is a game design analysis of Yar's Revenge for the Atari 2600. Please respect the lock if there is one dated less than 15 minutes.
Game Objects
- Yar, the player object
- Qotile
- Shield Part
- Zorlon Cannon
- "smart missle"
Yar
- 8-directional control which is limited by the sides of the screen.
- The Yar can fire in eight directions, according to the direction it is facing.
- After "eating" a part of the shield a Zorlon Cannon is gained as the next shot.
- You can shoot yourself with the Zorlon Cannon.
Difficulty
The difficulty increases according to score. The Swirl is given new abilities which are reflected through a change in it's color.
Variants
Because Yar's Revenge is an Atari 2600 game, it features variants of the game, which we need to figure out.
Files
- bugShip.gmk - hartnell's research
page revision: 9, last edited: 02 Jul 2012 01:55