Platform: Atari 2600
Region: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Atari
Publishers(s): Sears, Roebuck and Co.
ReleaseDate: 1981-01-01
Players: 4
Co-op: No
Warlords
Warlords is a battle between four warlords, 1-4 of which can be controlled by the player(s). The objective is to destroy the three other castles while protecting ones own castle with a moving shield. Each castle is an L-shaped wall distinguished by a different color, each containing and protecting a Warlord icon (crown for player controlled Kings, a dark lord helmet for computer controlled Black Knights). The weapons for accomplished this are spinning fireballs which bounce off anything they touch, but destroy chunks of a castle wall on contact. Fireballs can be caught and held by shields and thrown for greater hitting force via a "Power stone" button, but at the cost of slowly deteriorating the player's own walls. When an icon is destroyed it releases another fireball onto the playfield, traveling in the opposite direction of the killing shot. The first fireball is launched by a dragon, and always at a human player. Subsequent fireballs, up to a maximum of four at once, appear after timeouts or when a warlord icon is destroyed. The last player with their icon intact will be awarded a point bonus. A game ends when all human players are eliminated.
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Action