People tend to have fits about celebrating birthdays that end in “0”.  Not video games.  They relish it.  Sometimes, in fact, they are so happy to be getting older that they celebrate before their time is up!

So it is with the Atari 2600’s best-selling original title, Yars’ Revenge.  Developed in 1981 and released in May of 1982, Yars’ Revenge is a wonderful old pixilated science fiction game that stars a Yar, which looks like a blocky wasp or insect of some sort.  The goal of the game is to shoot through barriers to release a cannon and destroy the Qotile.

It has been redone several times, once for the Game Boy Color in 1999 and again in 2005 for the Atari Flashback 2 system.  It was also bundled in numerous compilation packages with other popular titles, such as Asteroids and Pong.

But a brand new remake was scheduled for release in May of 2011, set to celebrate the game’s 29th birthday.  Fans of the game just couldn’t wait until 30.  Well, they couldn’t wait for 29, either.  On April 12, it was slipped quietly to the Xbox Live downloadable title stage, although the PC and PS3 versions are still pending. The version has been reworked, obviously, but the game play is still somewhat the same…barring the fact that the wasp-like Yar is now a humanoid female in armor.

Own this remake for 800 Microsoft points.

Trailer – YARS’ REVENGE Teaser Trailer for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

All the buzz about turning 30, 5.0 out of 5 based on 2 ratings

Tags: Atari 2600, GameBoy Color, Sony PS3, Xbox

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