Missile Command

Overview

As a regional commander of three anti-missile batteries, the player must defend six cities in their zone from being destroyed. The player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of them even splitting like multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs). New weapons are introduced in later levels: smart bombs that can evade a less than perfectly targeted missile, and bomber planes and satellites that fly across the screen and launch missiles of their own.

Developed by

Atari

Published by

Sega, Taito, Atari Corporation, Atari

Facts

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Player perspectives

Side view

Themes

Action, Science fiction, Warfare

Series

Missile Command

Release dates

• Arcade: Jul 1980
• Commodore C64/128/MAX: 1983
• Atari ST/STE: 1987