Red Alert
Red Alert is an Apple II shoot 'em up written by Olaf Lubeck and published by Broderbund in 1981.
Red Alert
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- 1981
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Red Alert is an Apple II shoot 'em up written by Olaf Lubeck and published by Broderbund in 1981.
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• Title — Red Alert • Writer — Olaf Lubeck • Developer — Olaf Lubeck • Publisher — Broderbund Software • Platforms — Apple II • Released — 1981 • Genre — Shoot 'em up
Gameplay
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Red Alert is a game in which the player defends against attacking aliens.
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1981
Red Alert published.
1981
Red Alert is recorded as published in 1981.
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Luther Shaw reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "here's another in the long line of aliens-dropping-from-the-skies-being-destroyed-by-your-weapons games. While many versions of the ADFTSBDBYW type of game are very similar to the coin arcade games that they were based upon, this one has a flavor all it's own." David Lubar for Creative Computing said that "Some will find it too fast paced, but those who have mastered its predecessors will find a real challenge in Red Alert."
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- 1.Apple II Red Alert. Google Arts & Culture.
- 2.Shaw, Luther. Micro - Reviews. Computer Gaming World. 1. 2. 28. January–February 1982.
- 3.https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1982-04-a/page/n61/mode/2up
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