Avenger
VIC Avenger is an unauthorized clone of Taito's Space Invaders published on ROM cartridge by Commodore in 1981 for its VIC-20 home computer. The game uses multicolor graphics and supports keyboard or joystick control. The player starts with three bases (lives) and gets a new base at 1500 points.
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Avenger
- Date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Commodore International
- Genre
- arcade
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VIC Avenger is an unauthorized clone of Taito's Space Invaders published on ROM cartridge by Commodore in 1981 for its VIC-20 home computer. The game uses multicolor graphics and supports keyboard or joystick control. The player starts with three bases (lives) and gets a new base at 1500 points.
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In 1982, a version for the Commodore 64 was published as Avenger.
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• Title — VIC Avenger • Developer — Commodore • Publisher — Commodore • Released — 1981: VIC-20 1982: C64 • Genre — Fixed shooter • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — VIC-20, Commodore 64
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1981
Avenger published.
1981
Avenger is recorded as published in 1981.
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Reception
In Creative Computing, David Busch wrote, "Those who have played hundreds of games of Space Invaders on many different computer systems will probably tire of this rather quickly." Reviewing the German release under "Alpha-Alarm" title, TeleMatch magazine compared the gameplay with Space Invaders from Atari as easy and not so thoughtful.
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Avenger was published by Commodore International. Developed by Commodore International. Issued for Commodore VIC-20.
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- 1.Computer Systems Division, Commodore Business Machines. Commodore: The microcomputer magazine. 26. 56. 1983. 0-88731-003-6.
- 2.Busch, David. Games For The Vic-20, Vic Avenger. Creative Computing. Ahl Computing. 9. 2. 110, 112. February 1983. 0 097-8140.
- 3.Herman, Harvey B. VIC-20 Cartridge Games. Compute!. Small Systems Services. 4. 6. 104. June 1982. 0194-357X.
- 4.Commodore. Avenger Commodore 64 Instructions. 1983.
- 5.Utermark, Holger. Computer-Spiele, Alpha-Alarm. TeleMatch. TeleMatch Verlag. 2. 5. 68. August 1983. 0174-741X.
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