cover art by George Opperman
Series : Missile Command
Developer : Atari
Themes : Cold war
Hardware : Trackball
Emulated in : Atari 50 (2022 PS5)
Ports : Missile Command (1981 A2600)
Missile Command (1991 Amiga)
Remakes : Missile Command: Recharged (2022 PS5)
Achievements : retroachievements.orgnot completed.
Cold War Paranoia: The video game
SCORES
Scores - MAME: 18730 ........... on 2016-02-29 15295 ........... on 2020-01-15 9620 ........... on 2014-06-12 Other scores: 17795 ........... on 2022-09-17 Scores - atari50: 8835 ............ on 2024-04-20
Log entries
- Played a game on a Missile Command / Centipede arcade machine at the Google GDC Party. The trackball takes some getting used to, it would probably be easier for me to play with a mouse.
- Got the score 9620 in MAME. Definitely easier with a mouse.
- Got the score 18730 in MAME.
- Using the new company USB trackball, I played some Missile Command. Setting the input sensitivity in MAME low enough is key, so fast movements don't 'roll over'. Sensitivity around 20 seems to work OK.
- Got the score 15295 in MAME.
- Got the score 17795. The Finnish Museum of Games arcade had a Missile Command machine. I love slapping the giant trackball around to try to save the world from ICBMs.
- Got the score 8835 in atari50.
2012-03-07
2014-06-12
2016-02-29
2020-01-14
2020-01-15
40 Years Ago: Missile Command (1980)2022-09-17
2024-04-20
