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Stellar Track
Atari 2600 · Released December 31, 1981 · Developed by Atari · Published by Sears
Single player
ShooterSimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)AdventureScience fiction
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Summary
Stellar Track is a text- and turn-based strategy game where the player controls a Terran Super Warship that must clear out alien ships from all quadrants of a galaxy. It was a conversion of a college mainframe Star Trek game released by Sears in 1981. It is a suitably primitive game where you have to run scans to locate enemies and starbases on a 6 x 6 galactic map. You run scans to find the enemies then must warp to their quadrant to confront them with either phasers or photon torpedoes. You use the joystick to determine the numerals of where you intend you to travel to.
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Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person · Text
Themes
Science fiction
Developer
Atari
Release history (1 entries)
| Date | Platform | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 1981 | Atari 2600 | — |
Storyline
The Terran race, even though they have high standards in art, philosophy, and science, is lacking hyperwarp drive technology, which would allow them to travel to other planets. The Terrans became discovered by extraterrestrial life, who allowed a trade of their hyperwarp technology for Terran art and science.
Tension between the aliens and Terrans begin as the two races started competing over riches, so the Terran government built an indestructible Starfleet and two Galactic Starbases to keep the aliens at bay, recruiting a commander for their Super Warship to destroy the aliens.



