| Space War 2000 | |
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| Developer(s) | Atari Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Original release Relaunch
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| Designer(s) | Chris Thompson Lance J. Lewis Robert Zdybel |
| Platform(s) | Atari Jaguar |
| Release | Original release Relaunch |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, space combat simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (up to two players) |
Space War 2000 is an unreleased first-person space combat simulation video game developed and originally planned to be published by Atari Corporation on a scheduled November 1995 release date exclusively for the Atari Jaguar. It is an update by Robert Zdybel of Ian Shepard's 1978 Atari 2600 game Space War.[2] In the game, players assume the role of a space knight to fight against other opponents.
Space War 2000 was first announced in 1994 under the working title Star Raiders 2000, however it was renamed at one point during its development due to drifting away from its original source material, Star Raiders. Although showcased at various trading shows and nearly completed for launch, the game was ultimately shelved in favor of 4Play's BattleSphere due to poor internal reception from test players. Despite being unreleased, a playable prototype has since been released and sold online by independent groups such as B&C Computervisions.
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