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| Space Dungeon | |
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 Atari 5200 box cover | |
| Developer(s) | Taito |
| Publisher(s) | Taito Atari, Inc. (5200)[1] |
| Designer(s) | Rex Battenberg[2] |
| Programmer(s) | Arcade Rex Battenberg Atari 5200 Allen Merrell Eric Knopp[1] |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Atari 5200 |
| Release | 1981: Arcade 1983: Atari 5200 |
| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating turns |
Space Dungeon is a multidirectional shooter released as an arcade video game by Taito in 1981.[3][4] Designed and programmed by Rex Battenberg, it was available both as a conversion kit and full arcade cabinet. An Atari 5200 port was published in 1983.
Like Robotron: 2084 (1982), but preceding the release of that game, the controls are a pair of 8-directional joysticks: one for moving, one for shooting. Space Dungeon is one of the first twin-stick shooters, released the same year as Mars from Artic Electronics.[5]
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- ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ^ "Space Dungeon - Videogame by Taito". www.arcade-museum.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "Space Dungeon, Arcade Video game by Taito America Corp. (1981)". www.arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "Mars". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Artic Electronics.