Marine Wars
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Marine Wars is a game released in 1983 by Konami for the Atari 2600. The game is basically the same as Space Invaders but with boats instead of aliens.
You are a battleship firing shells at attacking battleships and/or attacking bomber planes. The game has four scenes: fighting ships at day, fighting ships by night, fighting planes and ships by day, fighting planes and ships by night. You move left or right and press the button to fire. In the night scenes, you cannot see the ships or planes in the distance unless something explodes. It takes three hits to sink your ship. You start the game with three battleships and can get a new ship every 5000 points. The enemy starts out with 9 battleships and 30 aircraft. These numbers will increase as the scenes change.
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Keyboard controls
| Atari 2600 | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ | IKJL |
| Fire | Z | N |
| Game Select | Shift | |
| Game Reset | Enter |
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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