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Missile Radar	shoot them up war	1973	image specs screenshots machines company oc_id source /media/museum/software/arcade_na_missile-radar_cab_1.jpg label value year of release 1973 label value companies Nutting Associates label value type game label value media arcade cabinet label value systems Arcade label value number of players 1 player title subtitle text image arcade cabinet (artist impression) /media/museum/software/arcade_na_missile-radar_cab_1.jpg /museum/misc-arcade-video-games /companies/misc 556 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230604004212/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=556 2023-06-04

"Here comes the enemy warhead! Set the radar missile in position! Fire! Another enemy warhead is destroyed!

All the action takes place on an exciting radar screen. Radar Missile challenges the player to quickly coordinate missile position and firing time to intercept and destroy the fast flying warheads.

Enemy warheads arc over screen and explode on ground if not destroyed.

Intense, realistic sounds add to the tension and excitement. Radar screen brightens and fades just like a real radar set.

Attract mode with flying rockets, rocket sounds and flashing name."

Missile Radar is one of the earliest shooter video game of history, although almost no info can be found on internet about it (at the time of writing). It's really surprising as this early shooter effort deserves its place in history. The main reason might be that only a few may have been produced and logically none survived until today.

Description of the game seems to show a very similar gameplay to Missile Commande released a few years (1980) later by Atari. Atari programmers may have been influenced by this early Nutting Associates effort.