Check out these hot new titles. Here is a peek at just
some of the great new games that have either arrived
or are coming soon to a store near you. Over 50 games
for Atari systems are scheduled for release in 1989.
Look for them!
OFF THE WALL (2600) One of the best variations on Breakout yet developed, Off The Wall features a various characters such as a peasant and knight which you control as they rush from side to side across the bottom of the screen keeping a ball in motion as it breaks away layers of an overhead wall.
Complicating your job are creatures which flit about, a dragon on the other side of the wall (worth big points), and bonus objects which, if caught, change the speed, path, and destructiveness of the ball. Highly addictive and great fun!
RADAR LOCK (2600) Prepare yourself for the hottest aerial combat action game ever offered for the 2600! Radar Lock, programmed by the award-winning designer of Solaris, combines a multitude of high action flying techniques with plane to plane dog
fights. Use your guns or switch to missiles and wait for the "Lock-On" tone to blow those bogeys away. In tight situations, you can hit your afterburners or do a barrel roll to get away. Locate the bad guys with your radar scope, but be sure to keep an eye on your fuel gauge or it's all over. Refuel after each sortie and take off again for even more challenging action. First person perspectives, scrolling horizons, multiple levels of play, and arcade-style action make Radar Lock one of the best ever!
MEAN 18 GOLF (7800, XE) Get set to play the challenging Pebble Beach Golf Course in Accolade's realistic and popular golfing simulation. One to four players can choose their clubs and try for par in this highly playable game. Avoid hazards such as sand traps, water, and the rough on your way to the green. The first person perspective changes to a detailed overhead view when you near the hole to help you sink your putt. With its sensational graphics and realistic sound effects, Mean 18 is video golfing at its best!
XENOPHOBE (7800, XE) The Xenos have invaded our interstellar colonies. Armed with your trusty photon gun and some grenades, you assume the deadly role of alien exterminator in an attempt to win back these stations for human habitation. As in the blockbuster coin-op game, you must take on a cast of destructive blood-thirsty creatures at each of the multi-level stations.
In addition to gripping arcade game play, Xenophobe has a two-player option that allows you and your friends to compete or work together. A unique dual view screen gives two players independent views of the action simultaneously
Xenophobe is loaded with extra features: collect items left behind by the colonists for bonus points or grab weapons to help you fight the aliens at higher levels of play. Use the elevator to get to any of the four play levels.
With its high-action shooting, bonus items, great graphics, spectacular animation, and out of this world music and sound effects, Xenophobe has it all!
MIDE-MAZE (XE) Hate those happy faces? Here's your chance to get even. Cruising and weaving your way through corridors and around corners, you find yourself eye to eye with smiley faces floating a few inches off the floor. Smiling, yes; harmless, no. Each face is actually controlled by another player and packs a mighty punch. Three hits in succession on a face—yours or his—constitutes a kill. This wildly popular computer game is the first true interactive multiple player game for the XE—but for those times when human opponents are in short supply, Midi-Maze will supply up to 15 computer competitors. Another breakthrough from Atari!
MAT MANIA (7800) All the action from two popular arcade games, Mat Mania and its sequel, Mania Challenge, have been combined into this outrageous 7800 game. One or two players can compete head to head or against the computer in this fast moving pro wrestling game. Use all of your wrestling talents and game playing abilities to pin the world's best wrestlers. Try a suplex, or maybe a pile driver, or go for the simple punch and kick. Mat Mania has it all, including super animation and background scrolling that lets you move around the entire ring. Another great arcade game available only from Atari!
One of the best variations on Breakout yet developed, Off The Wall features a various characters such as a peasant and knight which you control as they rush from side to side across the bottom of the screen keeping a ball in motion as it breaks away layers of an overhead wall.
Complicating your job are creatures which flit about, a dragon on the other side of the wall (worth big points), and bonus objects which, if caught, change the speed, path, and destructiveness of the ball. Highly addictive and great fun!
Prepare yourself for the hottest aerial combat action game ever offered for the 2600! Radar Lock, programmed by the award-winning designer of Solaris, combines a multitude of high action flying techniques with plane to plane dog
fights. Use your guns or switch to missiles and wait for the "Lock-On" tone to blow those bogeys away. In tight situations, you can hit your afterburners or do a barrel roll to get away. Locate the bad guys with your radar scope, but be sure to keep an eye on your fuel gauge or it's all over. Refuel after each sortie and take off again for even more challenging action. First person perspectives, scrolling horizons, multiple levels of play, and arcade-style action make Radar Lock one of the best ever! 
Get set to play the challenging Pebble Beach Golf Course in Accolade's realistic and popular golfing simulation. One to four players can choose their clubs and try for par in this highly playable game. Avoid hazards such as sand traps, water, and the rough on your way to the green. The first person perspective changes to a detailed overhead view when you near the hole to help you sink your putt. With its sensational graphics and realistic sound effects, Mean 18 is video golfing at its best!
The Xenos have invaded our interstellar colonies. Armed with your trusty photon gun and some grenades, you assume the deadly role of alien exterminator in an attempt to win back these stations for human habitation. As in the blockbuster coin-op game, you must take on a cast of destructive blood-thirsty creatures at each of the multi-level stations.
All the action from two popular arcade games, Mat Mania and its sequel, Mania Challenge, have been combined into this outrageous 7800 game. One or two players can compete head to head or against the computer in this fast moving pro wrestling game. Use all of your wrestling talents and game playing abilities to pin the world's best wrestlers. Try a suplex, or maybe a pile driver, or go for the simple punch and kick. Mat Mania has it all, including super animation and background scrolling that lets you move around the entire ring. Another great arcade game available only from Atari!
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