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

Atari 8-bit family The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 as the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The series was successively upgraded to Atari 1200XL , Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL, Atari 65XE, Atari 130XE, Atari 800XE, ...

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 2.5D (two-and-a-half dimensional) perspective refers to gameplay or movement in a video game or virtual reality environment that is restricted to a two-dimensional (2D) plane with little to no access to a third dimension in a space that otherwise ...

, avoiding blasts from wall-mounted lasers.

Reception

Bill Wallace reviewed ''Space Cowboy'' in '' Space Gamer'' 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'' the three-quarter perspective would be interesting, though it doesn't really contribute to play."

References

{{Avalon Hill 1983 video games Avalon Hill video games Atari 8-bit family games Atari 8-bit family-only games Microcomputer Games games Shoot 'em ups Space Western video games Video games developed in the United States