For those who aren't too familiar with this game, Warlords is a remake of the four-player arcade game (original poster pictured at right) which played like a weird combination of Breakout (Arkanoid for you NES and DS players) and QuadraPong.
In Warlords, four players have to defend their base or castle (located in one of the four corners of the screen) from a bouncing ball using a single flipper or shield.
Each player's base is surrounded by bricks which can only take so many hits from the ball before it disappears. Once these bricks are gone, the center of the castle becomes exposed. One hit to the center and, to quote Hudson from the 1986 classic Aliens, "that's it man, game over man, game over."
Players aren't limited to simply bouncing the ball off their shield and hoping it hits an opponent's fort. Each person also has the ability to grab onto a ball using their paddle, take aim, and fire with the A button.
A new Atari compilation is coming to Steam this spring, featuring more than 100 retro games – including Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Tempest, and Warlords.
The compilation, Atari Vault, features local and online multiplayer support, Steam leaderboards, and support for the Steam controller.
Atari Vault is being developed by Code Mystics, which worked on several Atari Greatest Hits compilations on the Nintendo DS, and the mobile compilation Atari's Greatest Hits. The latter had 100 old-school Atari games, 18 of which were arcade ports, with the remaining 82 coming from the Atari 2600 console.
From the review, "Long, long ago on the Atari 2600 there was a game called Warlords. It took Breakout – style gameplay and added a multiplayer element. It owed a bit to Pong as well. Ah, the things Atari could do with a long blip and a couple of smaller blips back in the day. [Brian Allen] never owned it, but I am told it led to much controller throwing and damaged some friendships. This new version is the second time Warlords has received an Xbox 360 remake, and this is the second time developer Griptonite Games has released this second remake. Confused? This is the video game industry we’re talking about. Sometimes you have to just go with it.
34 years after its initial release gamers are treated to a modern update for the Atari classic Warlords. Does a game with decades old mechanics still stack up in this day and age?
oh yeah I remember this game. Fun and annoying all in one lol good frustrating times right here