''Space Cowboy'' is a video game written by Scott Lamb for

Atari 8-bit computers The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 650 ...

and published by Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games in 1983.

Gameplay

''Space Cowboy'' is a game in which the Space Cowboy maneuvers along a walkway shown in three-quarter perspective, avoiding blasts from wall-mounted lasers.

Reception

Bill Wallace reviewed ''Space Cowboy'' in ''

Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...

'' No. 70. Wallace commented that "The action is idiotic, wooden, boring after only a couple of minutes of play. If you'd never seen ''

Zaxxon is a scrolling shooter game developed and released by Sega as an arcade video game. It had a limited release in December 1981, followed by a wide release in January 1982. In the game, the player pilots a ship through heavily defended space fortr ...

'' the three-quarter perspective would be interesting, though it doesn't really contribute to play."

References

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