Victory (video game)

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Victory
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Arcade flyer
Publisher(s) Exidy [1]
Designer(s) Howell Ivy [2]
Platform(s) Arcade, ColecoVision
Release
February 1982
  • Arcade
    • February 1982
    ColecoVision
    • October 1983
Genre(s) Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Victory is a 1982 arcade video game by Exidy. It was later ported to the ColecoVision. Victory was the only contemporary game on the ColecoVision along with Omega Race to natively support the Roller Controller, a trackball controller. [3] To renew interest in the game, Exidy released a conversion kit for the arcade version that turned the game into Victory Banana, a new space game with identical gameplay and a modified, more humorous theme behind the graphics. [4]

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Gameplay

Victory is a multidirectional shooter game where the player controls a spaceship called Battlestar. The ship's direction is controlled by a paddle. The longer the thrust button is held, the faster the ship goes. The Player must Pilot the BattleStar spaceship and fight a variety of enemy ships in space and on the planet. This game also features Speech synthesis. [5]

Release and reception

The arcade version of Victory was released in February 1982. [8] A port was released for the ColecoVision video game console in October 1983. [9]

Reviewing the ColecoVision port, one of the reviewers from Videogaming and Computer Gaming Illustrated gave the game a rating of A and said: "The best attributes of Odyssey's UFO and the arcade Defender make this a definitive cartridge." Another reviewer gave a rating of A- and wrote: "Victory and the roller controller are indeed impressive." [7] TeleMatch  [ de ] said the game is not a masterpiece of programming but called it still an enjoyable game. The end music was noted as worth listening to multiple times. [10] In a retrospective review, AllGame described it as a strange hybrid of Time Pilot and Defender. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Victory". AllGame . All Media Guide. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ Drury, Paul (2014). "In the chair with... Howell Ivy". Retro Gamer (125). Imagine Publishing: 92–97. VICTORY [ARCADE] 1982
  3. ↑ Loguidice, Bill; Barton, Matt (24 February 2014). "1.8: Coleco ColecoVision (1982)". Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time. CRC Press. p. 127. ISBN   9781135006518.
  4. ↑ Meyerd, Richard (December 1982). "The Exidy Experiment". Videogaming Illustrated . Ion International Inc. p. 41.
  5. ↑ "Mastering - Victory". Video & Arcade Games. Vol. 1, no. 1. Ahl Computing, Inc., Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Spring 1983. pp. 18–19.
  6. 1 2 Weiss, Brett Alan. "Victory - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 J.C.; E.C.M. (January 1984). "Micro Takes - Victory". Videogaming and Computer Gaming Illustrated . No. 13. Ion International Inc. p. 15.
  8. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (2006). "海外編" [Overseas Edition]. アーケードTVゲームリス 国内 • 海外編 ( 1971 - 2005 )ト[Arcade TV Game List Domestic/Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 117. ISBN   978-4-9902512-1-5.
  9. ↑ "Availability Update". The Video Game Update includes Computer Entertainer . Vol. 2, no. 8. November 1983. p. 128. Retrieved September 15, 2025– via Video Game History Foundation.
  10. ↑ Huff, Hartmut (1984). "TeleMatch Test - Victory". TeleMatch  [ de ] (in German). Vol. 2, no. 5-6/1984. TeleMatch Computer Software Magazin Verlag GmbH. p. 30. ISSN   0174-741X.
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