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Yars' Revenge

ShooterArcade

Released

May 1982

Exact day not announced

Platforms
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  • Atari 2600
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Aug 13, 20105,934 days ago
    • Browser
  2. May 1982
    • Atari 2600

About

Yars' Revenge is a video game released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was created by Howard Scott Warshaw and was Atari's best-selling original title for the 2600.

Trailers

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How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 12 players
Main story
30 min
Completionist
3 h

Reviews

Critics (IGDB)45/1000 reviews
IGDB players56/10024 ratings

Game info

Released
1982 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric

Editions, DLC & expansions

Other versions

Studios

Languages

1 language
English
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)––

Themes & tags

Story & names

The Yars are a community of humanoid houseflies that reside peacefully in the Razak solar system -- until the Qotile destroyed one of its colonized planets. You must help the Yars avenge the destroyed colony and defeat the Qotile. You fly a Yar scout over the shielded base of the Qotile, which you must chip away at by either firing energy blasts or by simply eating away at the shield. Once you have cleared an open path, activate the Zorlon Cannon and use it to blast the Qotile base to oblivion. But watch out for its destroyer missiles, which seek after your Yar scout in order to destroy him. You can hide out in the rainbow-colored Neutral Zone to be safe from the missiles. However, it cannot protect you from the occasional Swirls that the Qotile base launches at you, so dodge them quickly.

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Also known as

  • 亞爾的復仇Chinese title - traditional
  • 亚尔的复仇Chinese title - simplified
  • Time FreezeWorking title
  • A Vingança dos YarsBrazillian title
  • Yar's RevengeAlternative spelling

Release dates by region

3 releases in 3 regions

worldwide

north america

brazil

The Yars' Revenge series

All 6 games
  1. This gameYars' Revenge1982
  2. Yar's Revenge2011 · Remake
  3. Yars: Recharged2022 · Remake
  4. Yars' Revenge Enhanced2022 · Remake
  5. Yars Rising2024

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