Four laser cannons, one in each screen corner. Rotating planet in screen center. Trackball moves cursor, fire button fires the nearest cannon. Destroy cities and any missiles or ships coming at you. Use your limited shields to defend your cannons.
Liberator was produced by Atari in 1982.
Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Liberator was produced include: Neutron Star, Tempest Tubes, Tempest, Triangle, Maze Invaders, Akka Arrh, Atari Force Liberator, Fast Freddie, Black Widow, and Gravitar
Name | Liberator |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1982 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 8425 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | Liberator Pinout |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Side Art | Liberator Side Art Image |
You can choose to start at higher level. You have limited shields but unlimited firepower. The planet rotates and you must destroy all the cities. They will also shoot missiles at your cannons, you can push the shield button and all your cannons will pulse and destroy anything within their short range.
Overall Like |
2.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 2.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 2.00 |
Collector Desire | 1.00 |
Gameplay | 5.00 |
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Graphics | 3.00 |
Originality | 2.00 |
Sound/Music | 2.00 |
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This game is basically a reverse Missile Command.
Liberator is available on the iPad and iPhone via Atari's Greatest Hits application.
There are 15,186 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,634 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,417 machines (6,977 unique titles).
Common - There are 41 known instances of this machine owned by Liberator collectors who are active members. Of these, 38 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Liberator machines for sale.
Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Liberator.
This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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The game uses a 6502 microprocessor and two Atari Pokey sound chips.
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