''Stellar Track'' is an Atari VCS (later the

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) game developed by Rob Zdybel of

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and published by

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under the "Tele-Games" brand in 1980. It is one of three such games that were released only through Sears. ''Stellar Track'' is a text game based on the mainframe computer game ''

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''.

Plot

''Stellar Track'' is a game in which the player is a commander of a warship and must destroy enough aliens before running out of stardates.

Reception

Richard A. Edwards reviewed ''Stellar Track'' in ''

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'' No. 54. Edwards commented that "Unless you're willing to pay a high price for a remake of an old standard, pass this one up."

Reviews

*''Joystik''

References

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External links

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