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Stellar Track

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Stellar Track
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)Sears
Programmer(s)Rob Zdybel[1]
Platform(s)Atari 2600
Release1980

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 1980. It is one of three such games that were released only through Sears.[2] Stellar Track is a text-based game based on the mainframe computer game Star Trek.

Plot

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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.[3]

Reception

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Richard A. Edwards reviewed Stellar Track in The Space Gamer No. 54.[3] Edwards commented that "Unless you're willing to pay a high price for a remake of an old standard, pass this one up."[3]

Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ "Stellar Track". AtariProtos.
  3. ^ a b c Edwards, Richard A. (August 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (54). Steve Jackson Games: 32.
  4. ^ "Joystik Magazine (January 1983) Volume 1 Number 4". January 1983.
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