Warlords as a premise back in the 80s, was the original, nonsensical tower defense game. Only in this case, instead of defending your towers from the hordes, it was defending your single castle interior from fireballs hurled by up to three other opponents. Mind you, this was back in the time when concepts like “castle” and “fireball” were represented by one big green block and one tiny red block. So it should come as no surprise that over the years, this old Atari classic has gotten facelifts and this latest attempt to do so—by no less than Atari itself—brings the action back with a few unnecessary twists that muddy the experience.
"SNEG and Slitherine are today very happy and proud to announce that the old school "Close Combat" and "Warlords" series is now available for PC via Steam." - SNEG and Slitherine.
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.
