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''Combat'' was one of the [[Atari 2600]]'s launch titles, and it came with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 [[Top Down View]] or [[Side View]], [[Player Versus Player]], [[Shoot'Em Up|Shoot Em Ups]]. It was based on two arcade games from the mid-[[The Seventies|1970s]]: ''[[Tank (
▲''Combat'' was one of the [[Atari 2600]]'s launch titles, and it came with the console from 1977 to 1982. It was a series of 27 [[Top Down View]] or [[Side View]], [[Player Versus Player]], [[Shoot'Em Up|Shoot Em Ups]]. It was based on two arcade games from the mid-[[The Seventies|1970s]]: ''[[Tank (Video Game)|Tank]]'' and ''[[Jet Fighter (Video Game)|Jet Fighter]]''.
Each game lasts [[Timed Mission|2 minutes and 16 seconds]], and the object is to hit your opponent more than he hits you.
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The difficulty switches are used to handicap the games, shortening the tank shell range or slowing the airplane.
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Biplanes with guided missiles?
* [[Color-Coded Multiplayer]]: Red vs. Blue, matching US Army combat exercise standards of the 1970s.
* [[Every Bullet Is a Tracer]]{{context}}
* [[Fan Sequel]]: The homebrew ''Combat II Advanced'' for the Atari 5200, which includes a 4-player mode and submarine battles.
* [[The Golden Age of Video Games]]{{context|reason=Is this a trope?}}
* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: The tank game allowed you to drive your tank into a corner while exactly in line with one of the walls, which would teleport your tank to the opposite side of the screen.
* [[Invisibility]]: The invisible tank games.
* [[No Plot, No Problem]]{{context}}
* [[One Bullet At a Time]]{{context}}
* [[Painfully-Slow Projectile]]: Especially the jet games.
* [[Player Versus Player]]{{context}}
* [[Shoot'Em Up]]{{context}}
* [[Side View]]: The biplane games.
* [[Timed Mission]]: 2:16 per round.
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[[Category:Video Game]]▼
[[Category:Video Games of the 1970s]]
[[Category:Atari 2600]]
▲[[Category:Shoot Em Up]]
[[Category:The Seventies]]
[[Category:The Golden Age of Video Games]]
▲[[Category:Combat]]
▲[[Category:Video Game]]
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