Vindicators (video game)

Vindicators
NES Cover art by Marc Ericksen
Developer(s)Arcade
Atari Games
NES
Westwood Associates
Marco Herrera
Publisher(s)Atari Games (arcade)
Tengen (home)
Designer(s)Kelly Turner
Norm Avellar
Composer(s)Arcade
Brad Fuller
Hal Canon
NES
Paul S. Mudra
Dwight Okahara
Platform(s)Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, ZX Spectrum
Release1988
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s)1-2 players simultaneously

Vindicators is an arcade video game released by Atari Games in 1988. One or two players each control a tank in a multidirectional scrolling level. Home ports were by Tengen. Vindicators was not licensed by Nintendo and used an alternate chip to defeat the 10NES lockout system. Ports were planned for the Atari Lynx and Apple IIGS, with the latter even completed, but both were cancelled.[1] Vindicators was followed by the lesser known arcade sequel, Vindicators Part II.

  1. ^ "Upcoming Games: Vindicators". Grey Matters. Vol. 3. Atari Corporation. 1992. p. 28.