Caverns of Mars
Caverns of Mars is a vertically scrolling shooter for Atari 8-bit computers. It was written by Greg Christensen, with some features later added by Richard Watts, and published by the Atari Program Exchange (APX) in 1981. Caverns of Mars became the best selling APX software of all-time and was moved into Atari, Inc.'s official product line, first on diskette, then on cartridge.
| Caverns of Mars | |
|---|---|
Cartridge release | |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Program Exchange Atari, Inc. |
| Designer(s) | Greg Christensen |
| Programmer(s) | Greg Christensen Richard Watts |
| Platform(s) | Atari 8-bit |
| Release | Winter 1981: APX April 1982: Atari (disk) 1983: Atari (cartridge) |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
In Caverns of Mars, the player descends into cave and at the end must retrace their steps back to the top. Christensen wrote two less successful follow-ups, one of which scrolls horizontally and is very similar to Scramble.
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