Demons to Diamonds

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19K plays 1982 #Action#Shooter

Demons to Diamonds is a 1982 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600. Set in a “cosmic carnival”, the gameplay is based around shooting at demons and collecting their dropped diamonds to score points, while avoiding the fire of hostile skulls.

It was programmed by Nick Turner with graphics designed by Alan Murphy. Nick Turner previously ported Super Breakout to the 2600.

From Wikipedia's article Demons to Diamonds, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

Atari 2600Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
FireZN
Game SelectShift
Game ResetEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Most games start with Game Reset. Paddle games (Breakout, Kaboom!…) need a gamepad stick.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

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Keyboard controls

Atari 2600Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
FireZN
Game SelectShift
Game ResetEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Most games start with Game Reset. Paddle games (Breakout, Kaboom!…) need a gamepad stick.

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Demons to DiamondsAtari 2600

2.0 Could be better

Players 53 · 15 votes

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