Universal Chaos (Targ)

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29K plays 1983 #Action

Targ is a maze shoot 'em up developed by Exidy and released as an arcade video game in 1980. It depicts vehicular combat in a future world. It was released in North America by Exidy in June 1980 and in Japan by Sega in July.

It was listed by Play Meter as one of only two maze games among the top 20 highest-grossing arcade video games of 1980, which was dominated by space shoot 'em ups. Its success prompted Exidy to release Spectar, a sequel with improved graphics, in July 1980. A port of Targ was developed for the Atari 2600 by CBS Games, but never released.

From Wikipedia's article Targ (video game), 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

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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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Pixel Verdict

Universal Chaos (Targ)Atari 2600

2.0 Could be better

Players 58 · 34 votes

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What the critics said

  • Electronic Games stated in 1983 that Targ had "one of the most unique approaches to the maze-chase contest".

    — Electronic Games, 1983

  • In his 1981 video game guide How to Master the Video Games Tom Hirschfeld observed that "TARG is one game in which strategy must become almost reflex as the action quickens".

    — Video Games, 1981

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Targ (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

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