Synopsis
by Brett Alan Weiss
After a routine space exploration mission goes awry, you find yourself marooned on the planet Mazeon. To add insult to injury, the robotic residents are out to kill you. Now you're forced to fend off these relentless robots as you move through endless mazelike environments. In Berzerk, the goal is to make your way past the electrified walls forming each screen while using your laser gun to blast the hostile threats known as Automazeons. Firing your weapon involves pointing the joystick in one of eight directions and pressing a button. You can also lead robots into walls and even into their own shots to defeat them.
Points are awarded for every robot destroyed, and up to 255 extra lives can be earned for every 1,000 points scored. Once all robots are eliminated from the screen, you may have to escape the grinning face of Evil Otto. This supernatural being controls the Automazeons and will try to run into you, depending on the level you select. Since he is often invincible, you'll need to run as fast as you can to one of the available exits. Twelve game variations offer non-shooting robots, different point requirements for earning lives, and a choice of an invincible or rebounding Evil Otto. Berzerk for the Atari 2600 is based on the arcade game by Stern Electronics, Inc.
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Extra Creditsby Brad Cook
Berzerk is set in what appears to be a dystopian future where robots rule mankind, which was the basis of many science-fiction novels and films that predated the game. Its style of game play, however, was unique at the time.
Also Available On
Platform
Publisher
Developer
Year
Arcade
Stern
Stern
1980
Atari 5200
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc.
1983
Atari Video Computer System
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Atari, Inc.
1982
Atari Video Computer System
Polyvox
198X
Commodore 64/128
1983
Vectrex
GCE
GCE
1982
Extra credits by Brad Cook
Berzerk is set in what appears to be a dystopian future where robots rule mankind, which was the basis of many science-fiction novels and films that predated the game. Its style of game play, however, was unique at the time.
Also Available On
Platform
Publisher
Developer
Year
Arcade
Stern
Stern
1980
Atari 5200
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc.
1983
Atari Video Computer System
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Atari, Inc.
1982
Atari Video Computer System
Polyvox
198X
Commodore 64/128
1983
Vectrex
GCE
GCE
1982
Controls: Joystick/Gamepad
Warnings: Animated Violence
Flags: Based on an Arcade Game
Included in Package: Instruction Manual