''Space War'' is a video game

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released by

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in 1978 for the Atari Video Computer System (renamed to the

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in 1982). The game is a version of '' Spacewar!'', the 1962 computer game by Steve Russell. It was released by

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as ''Space Combat'', for its Atari compatible Tele-Games system. An

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update was planned but never released.

Variations

The cartridge includes 17 game variations. Variations 1–13 are duels between two ships and 14 to 17 are for one player. In some of the variations the ships fight near a

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which has gravitational attraction.http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=470 Atari Age. "Atari 2600 Boxes - Space War," (retrieved on March 9, 2009).

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