Release Date calendar
1983
Platform joystick
Atari 800
Game Type type
Released
Max Players players
1
Overview

Livewire was published in Analog Magazine issue #12. Despite being an early type-in program of only 5 kilobytes, Livewire is a very credible imitation of the arcade "Tempest". The backstory is different and the maps are actually each of the letters of "Livewire" displayed on screen, but the idea is the same - your player controlled character is at one end of a pseudo-3d grid, and enemies come up the grid towards your end, sometimes firing at you. You can also fire down any of the lanes of the grid, and clearing all the enemies this way gets you to the next level. The game can also be played by either joystick or paddles, with paddles further adding to the Tempest-like feel of gameplay. Created by Tom Hudson, who also created other memorable type-ins such as Buried Buck$.

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Cooperative

No

ESRB

Not Rated

Genres
Shooter
Developers
Tom Hudson
Publishers
ANALOG Computing
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