Stellar Track

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Stellar Track
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Developer(s) Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s) Sears
Programmer(s) Rob Zdybel [1]
Platform(s) Atari 2600
Release

Stellar Track is an Atari VCS (later the Atari 2600) video game programmed by Rob Zdybel of Atari, Inc. and published by Sears under the Tele-Games brand in 1981. It is one of three such games that were released only through Sears. [3] Stellar Track is a text-based game based on the mainframe computer game Star Trek .

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Gameplay

Stellar Track is a game in which the player is a commander of a warship and must destroy enough aliens before running out of stardates. [4]

Reception

Richard A. Edwards reviewed Stellar Track in The Space Gamer No. 54. [4] Edwards commented that "Unless you're willing to pay a high price for a remake of an old standard, pass this one up." [4]

Reviews

References

  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. "Atari VCS game release dates". Atari Archive.
  3. "Stellar Track". AtariProtos.
  4. 1 2 3 Edwards, Richard A. (August 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (54). Steve Jackson Games: 32.
  5. "Joystik Magazine (January 1983) Volume 1 Number 4". January 1983.