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Communist Mutants from Space - Atari 2600

Atari 2600 joystick:

Atari 2600 joystick


Joystick control:

 

Player 1: Player 2:
joystick ↑↓←→ TGFH
trigger Spacebar A
turbo Del .
RESET F12 F12
SELECT F11 F11
Pause Alt+P Alt+P
black-white / color mode:  F2
paddle / joystick mode: Alt+L

Emulation speed:

If the game emulation is slow, try to speed it up by reloading this pa­ge without ads or choose a­no­ther emulator from this table.


Other platforms:

Unfortunately, this game is cur­rent­ly available only in this ver­si­on. Be patient :-)



Game info:
Communist Mutants from Space - box cover
box cover
Game title: Communist Mutants from Space
Console: Atari 2600
Author (released): Arcadia Corporation (1982)
Genre: Action, Shooter Mode: Multiplayer
Design: Stephen Landrum
Music:
Game manual: manual.pdf

File size:

1021 kB
Download: Communist_Mutants.a26

Game size:

8 kB
Recommended emulator: Stella

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

   Communist Mutants from Space is a fixed shooter video game created in 1982 by Starpath (formerly known as Arcadia) for the Atari 2600 home video game console and the Starpath Supercharger cassette accessory. Aliens from the communist planet of Rooskee are invading peaceful, democratic planets and turning their inhabitants into 'Communist Mutants.' The communist mutant armies are controlled by the Mother Creature, a strange alien who has gone mad due to irradiated vodka.
   The menu allows a variety of gameplay changes; for example, the player may toggle the shield option on or off. If activated, 'shield' mode allowed a player to press down on the joystick to become invincible for a short period (only one shield was allotted per level). Another feature was the 'time warp,' which allowed the player to press up on the joystick to temporarily slow down the passage of time for his opponents (i.e., they move slower than usual). Additionally, the type of shot fired could be changed by activating the 'penetrating fire' option (which enhanced the beam fired so that it could withstand hitting two mutants rather than a single one) and/or the 'guided fire' option (which caused the beam to be moved with the joystick rather than firing in a straight line).
   The menu also allowed for multiple players (up to four) to be entered into the game. Players one and three shared the first joystick while players two and four shared the second.
   Steven H. Landrum, the project's programmer, hid an easter egg in the game in which holding fire during power-on of the Atari 2600 would cause the 'HI' on the high scores screen to change to 'SHL.'

More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org.

For fans and collectors:
Find this game on video server YouTube.com or Vimeo.com.
Buy original game or Atari 2600 console on Amazon.com or eBay.com.

Find digital download of this game on GOG or Steam.

 
Videogame Console:

This ver­sion of Communist Mutants from Space was de­sig­ned for A­ta­ri 2600, which was com­mer­ci­al­ly ve­ry suc­ces­s­ful vi­deo ga­me con­so­le of se­cond ge­ne­ra­tion pro­du­ced by A­ta­ri from 1977 to 1992. It was the first con­so­le that used re­mo­vab­le me­mory mo­du­les with ga­mes. At the time of its grea­test fa­me, mo­re than 30 mil­li­on units of this con­so­le were sold for about $ 200 a pie­ce. To da­te, the ga­me li­bra­ry for this con­so­le con­tains near­ly 1,000 o­ri­gi­nal ga­mes. Mo­re in­for­ma­ti­on about the Atari 2600 can be found here.


Recommended Game Controllers:

You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB joystick that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a joystick, buy a suitable USB controller on Amazon or AliExpress or in some of your favorite online stores.

 
Available online emulators:

5 different online emulators are available for Communist Mutants from Space. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Communist Mutants from Space are summarized in the following table:
 

Emulator Technology Multiplayer USB gamepad Touchscreen Without ads
Javatari 5.0 JavaScript YES YES YES YES
Javatari 0.91 JavaScript YES YES NO YES
NeptunJS JavaScript YES YES NO NO
EmulatorJS JavaScript YES YES YES YES
JStella Java applet YES NO NO YES


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