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Conquest of Mars - Atari 2600

Conquest of Mars - Atari 2600

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In the year 4014, the planet Earth and the planet Mars are locked in a century-long war. The Martians have devised a plan to destroy Earth using the power from their latest weapon: the Destructo-Bomb!! The Martian forces have managed to construct five bombs and have placed them deep inside the Martian Caverns, awaiting the final command from their leader to attack!!! Do you have the skill to navigate to the depths of the Martian caverns, active the Destructo-Bombs, and escape before they explode? Good Luck!

Conquest of Mars is an accurate translation to the Atari 2600 of a popular Atari 8-bit computer title. Destroy the Martian rebellion by descending through the six caverns of Mars to activate the main energy reactors and escape to the surface before they blow up! Do you have the skill and quick reflexes required to descend into the Martian depths without being annihilated? And once you reach the bottom, can you make it out alive?

Features:

  • 1 or 2 Players
  • 4 Skill Levels
  • Pause Feature
  • Uses joystick controller
  • Hi-Score
  • 6 Different Stages
  • 6 Caverns

Includes cartridge and full-color manual. Available in NTSC and PAL60 television formats, please select above.

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If you'd like a boxed copy of Conquest of Mars, please select "Box Upgrade: Yes" at the top of the page before adding Conquest of Mars to your cart. Our boxes are professionally printed and include a box insert to hold your Conquest of Mars cartridge in place. We want you to play our games, so we have not sealed or shrinkwrapped the boxes in any way, allowing you easy access to the game cartridge and manual.

These boxes are the same size as boxes Atari produced for their games "back in the day". They look great sitting on a shelf with your other boxed homebrew games, or alongside games from the classic Atari 2600 library. We only have a limited number of boxes for each game, and there is no guarantee they will become available again once our supplies are exhausted. Click on the images to the right to see larger photos of the box.

Author John W. Champeau
Number of Players 1 - 2
Controller Joystick
Cartridge Size 16K
Label Design Nathan Strum
Manual Design Nathan Strum

Customer Reviews

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elfriede neal
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This game is very challenging. It kinda reminds me of Scramble except vertical. Still, it's an excellent game. Very hard NOT to give Conquest of Mars five stars!

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Greg Machos
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It is neat looking, but it reminds me a bit of a Outer Space version of Activision's River Raid.

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Andrew Logan
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Very good game, pretty challenging but it's the right amount of difficulty. It's a little bit simple in some ways and a bit sophisticated as well. One of my favorite games on the 2600 and it's up there with other homebrews such as Galactopus or Prehistoric Times or Zippy.

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Ace List
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I already did a review of this game some years back, but I just threw it on again and DAMN, this game is so great.

So great.

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Crawford
Review

I love this game.

However, there are a few things that keep me from giving it a perfect score. As other reviewers have mentioned, the slow rate of fire is extremely frustrating. However, I could live with it if the missiles moved faster. As it is, it's just too slow.

Another issue, and I understand that the atari doesn't quite have the memory capabilities for this, but having the level completely refresh when you die not just a frustration, but throws off the balance of the game. I can accept the frustration of it, as that's a part of the challenge of the game. However, I have found that I can rack up a much higher score without ever advancing past the first level than if I advanced. It kind of makes racking up a high score arbitrary.

All that being said, this is a lot of fun. It's simple, but creates a great atmosphere, and while I'm playing the ROM on a Harmony Cartridge, I'll likely purchase a cartridge of this game as I believe this game deserves it. Definitely worth checking out and it's a game I'd like to master.