Black Widow was offered as a conversion kit for Gravitar (1982), a game which was not commercially successful.[citation needed] The kit uses the original GravitarPCB with a few modifications and a new set of ROM chips. Many factory-built Black Widow machines were produced using unsold Gravitar cabinets with Black Widow side-art applied over the Gravitar sideart.[citation needed]
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Gameplay
To destroy certain enemies, the player must lure other enemies into destroying them. There is also the Bug Slayer, a bug that helps the player eliminate enemies, with only loss of potential points being the only consequence. The Bug Slayer can help the player in tough situations, but can also prevent the player from achieving the number of extra lives necessary to endure later, more difficult, rounds.
Other enemies appear on the playing field as eggs, laid by other enemies. The player can move these eggs off the playing field to both eliminate the enemy and receive points, before it reaches maturity.
Hornet - Lays an egg on '$', but if shot, becomes '$'.
Egg - Grows to become hornet or spoiler. Must be pushed off the web to score 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, or even 2500 points.
Grub Steak - Tag for 500, 250, 100, or 50 points—the sooner the better.
Spoiler - Invulnerable. Can only be destroyed by a grenade bug, bug slayer or rocket bug.
Grenade Bug - Explodes if shot. Bugs and eggs within the kill zone score 500 points each.
Rocket Bug - Invulnerable. Launches "rockettes" at black widow from the other bugs it tags. Shoot rockettes to score 1000 points each.
Thunderbug - If shot, it breaks formation and attacks. If shot again, it explodes all other T-bugs for 5000 points. Keep away from all T-bugs to earn 10000 points. The resulting chain reaction from multiple thunderbugs is very dangerous and can encompass over 80% of the level at some times, depending on how many T-bugs are involved.
Bug Slayer - Harmless to the player and invulnerable. The Bug Slayer competes with the Black Widow for food. Beat it to its flashing prey for points
ReceptionEdit
Black Widow topped the US RePlay arcade chart for software conversion kits in May 1983.[2]
LegacyEdit
Black Widow was included in Atari Anniversary Edition Redux for the SonyPlayStation, released in 2001. In 2003, Microsoft Windows could play Black Widow as part of Atari - 80 Classic Games in One!. Released in 2004, Atari Anthology ported the game to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox gaming consoles, and in 2005, the Nokia N-Gage cellular phone received a copy of Black Widow in Atari Masterpieces Volume 1.
James Vollandt holds the official record for this game with a maximum 930,100 points.[3]
On 29 September 2021, Atari announced a remake, Black Widow: Recharged for consoles (including the Atari VCS) and PC. It was released on 28 October 2021.
ReferencesEdit
^Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
Rare Game Room Gems: Black Widow by Atari at The GameRoom Blog
Caught in the Web: An Appreciation of Ataris Black Widow at the Retroist
October 21, 2023
black, widow, video, game, other, uses, black, widow, disambiguation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources. For other uses see Black Widow disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Black Widow video game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Black Widow is a multidirectional shooter developed by Atari Inc and released in arcades in 1982 The game uses color vector graphics The player controls a black widow spider via two joysticks one to move and one to fire defending the web from insects Black WidowManual coverDeveloper s Atari Inc Publisher s Atari Inc Designer s Bruce Merritt 1 Programmer s Bruce MerrittPlatform s ArcadeRelease1982Genre s Multidirectional shooterMode s Single playerBlack Widow was offered as a conversion kit for Gravitar 1982 a game which was not commercially successful citation needed The kit uses the original Gravitar PCB with a few modifications and a new set of ROM chips Many factory built Black Widow machines were produced using unsold Gravitar cabinets with Black Widow side art applied over the Gravitar sideart citation needed Contents 1 Gameplay 1 1 Enemies and Scoring 2 Reception 3 Legacy 4 References 5 External linksGameplay EditThis section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions February 2021 nbsp GameplayTo destroy certain enemies the player must lure other enemies into destroying them There is also the Bug Slayer a bug that helps the player eliminate enemies with only loss of potential points being the only consequence The Bug Slayer can help the player in tough situations but can also prevent the player from achieving the number of extra lives necessary to endure later more difficult rounds Other enemies appear on the playing field as eggs laid by other enemies The player can move these eggs off the playing field to both eliminate the enemy and receive points before it reaches maturity Enemies and Scoring Edit Mosquito If shot becomes Beetle Eats but if shot becomes Hornet Lays an egg on but if shot becomes Egg Grows to become hornet or spoiler Must be pushed off the web to score 500 1000 1500 2000 or even 2500 points Grub Steak Tag for 500 250 100 or 50 points the sooner the better Spoiler Invulnerable Can only be destroyed by a grenade bug bug slayer or rocket bug Grenade Bug Explodes if shot Bugs and eggs within the kill zone score 500 points each Rocket Bug Invulnerable Launches rockettes at black widow from the other bugs it tags Shoot rockettes to score 1000 points each Thunderbug If shot it breaks formation and attacks If shot again it explodes all other T bugs for 5000 points Keep away from all T bugs to earn 10000 points The resulting chain reaction from multiple thunderbugs is very dangerous and can encompass over 80 of the level at some times depending on how many T bugs are involved Bug Slayer Harmless to the player and invulnerable The Bug Slayer competes with the Black Widow for food Beat it to its flashing prey for pointsReception EditBlack Widow topped the US RePlay arcade chart for software conversion kits in May 1983 2 Legacy EditBlack Widow was included in Atari Anniversary Edition Redux for the Sony PlayStation released in 2001 In 2003 Microsoft Windows could play Black Widow as part of Atari 80 Classic Games in One Released in 2004 Atari Anthology ported the game to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox gaming consoles and in 2005 the Nokia N Gage cellular phone received a copy of Black Widow in Atari Masterpieces Volume 1 James Vollandt holds the official record for this game with a maximum 930 100 points 3 On 29 September 2021 Atari announced a remake Black Widow Recharged for consoles including the Atari VCS and PC It was released on 28 October 2021 References Edit Hague James The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers RePlay The Players Choice RePlay May 1983 Twin Galaxies Black Window Scores Archived from the original on October 23 2007 Retrieved July 19 2010 External links EditBlack Widow at the Killer List of Videogames Black Widow at the Arcade History database Rare Game Room Gems Black Widow by Atari at The GameRoom Blog Caught in the Web An Appreciation of Ataris Black Widow at the Retroist Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Black Widow video game amp oldid 1140588502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
