Air-Sea Battle: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Air-Sea Battle (1977) is a shooter video game developed by Atari, available on Atari2600, PC. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 60/100 on IGDB.

What is Air-Sea Battle about?

There are six basic types of game available in Air-Sea Battle, and for each type, there are one or two groups of three games, for a total of twenty-seven game variants. Within each group, variant one is the standard game, variant two features guided missiles which can be directed left or right after being fired, and variant three pits a single player (using the right gun) against a computer opponent, which simply fires continuously at the default angle or speed. In every game, players shoot targets (enemy planes or ships, shooting gallery targets, or each other, depending on the game chosen) competing to get a higher score. Each round lasts two minutes and sixteen seconds; the player with the higher score after time expires is the winner, unless one player wins (and ends the game) by reaching 99 points before the time is up.

Key details

Air-Sea Battle was released in 1977 and supports single player, multiplayer. Platforms: Atari2600, PC. Developer: Atari.

Should you play Air-Sea Battle?

Reviews are mixed, but Air-Sea Battle retains a dedicated player base among shooter fans.