Yars' Revenge
1982 video game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yars' Revenge is a video game designed by Howard Scott Warshaw for the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS). [lower-alpha 1] The game involves a fly-like humanoid alien race known as Yars attacking their arch-rivals the Qotile who have destroyed their habitable planets in their solar system. The players control a Yar and fire or devour an energy shield protecting the Qotile to finish off the enemy with their Zorlon cannon.
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Developer(s) | Atari, Inc. |
Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. |
Designer(s) | Howard Scott Warshaw |
Series | Yars |
Platform(s) | Atari 2600, Game Boy Color |
Release | May 1982
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Genre(s) | Fixed shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Yars' Revenge was the first video game developed by Warshaw. Initially tasked with developing a port of the arcade game Star Castle (1980) by Cinematronics, he developed it at first focusing on graphics and taking in feedback from co-workers to develop its gameplay. Warshaw was also responsible for the backstory of the game, which was later developed into a comic book that was included with the games release in May 1982. It became the highest-grossing original game developed for the system.
The game received positive retrospective reviews from publications such as Flux and AllGame and Retro Gamer. The game has since been re-released on various Atari-themed video game compilations. The game received follow-ups and remakes, including Yar's Revenge (2011), Yars: Recharged (2022) and Yars Rising (2024).