Major Havoc

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Major Havoc
Major Havoc title screen
Developer(s) Atari
Publisher(s) Atari
Designer(s) Owen Rubin
Release date(s) 1983
Genre(s)
Mode(s) Up to 2 players
Platform(s)
Input X-axis roller / rotary controller, two button
Arcade cabinet Upright
Arcade system(s) CPU: MOS Technology 6502
Arcade display Vertical orientation, Vector (color)

Major Havoc (or The Adventures of Major Havoc) is an upright vector-based arcade game made by Atari in 1983.[1]

The game was initially released as a dedicated cabinet in 1983 and then one year later as a conversion kit for older vector arcade games like Tempest. [2]

Dedicated versions of the game used a roller control for left-right movement, while conversion kits used their native controller hardware, such as the Tempest rotary spinner knob. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=M&game_id=8601
  2. ^ http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/Manufacturers/Atari/major_havoc.html
  3. ^ http://www.ggdb.com/GameByName.aspx?vid=1669