Atomic Cannon

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Atomic Cannon
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Developer(s) Isotope 244
Designer(s) James Bryant
Platform(s) Windows, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile
Release2005;16 years ago (2005)
Genre(s) Artillery
Mode(s) Single Player, Multiplayer, Online multiplayer (max. 16 players)

Atomic Cannon is an artillery video game similar to the Atari 2600 game Artillery Duel . It was developed by Isotope244 and released in 2005. [1] The gameplay is based on the seminal 1976 artillery game Artillery by Mike Forman.

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References

  1. Official Isotope244 homepage
  2. "Atomic Cannon Pocket on Smartphone Magazine". Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  3. Atomic Cannon Pocket on Brighthand