attack - Anything In Particular https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product-tag/attack/ From antique to vintage, from decorative to downright bizarre. Thu, 04 Aug 2022 22:14:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Intercept – Electronic Search and Destroy Game by Lakeside 1978 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/intercept-electronic-search-and-destroy-game-by-lakeside-1978/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intercept-electronic-search-and-destroy-game-by-lakeside-1978 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 22:14:11 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=57953 This is "Intercept" by Lakeside which dates from 1978. It's an electronic game for two players played on a tabletop board resembling a gridded map. One player takes the role of fighter pilot (attack) and the other takes the role of missile commander (defence). The aim of the game is for the pilot to avoid detection and make it across the grid to the target and destroy it, and for the defence commander to obviously seek out and destroy the fighter before that happens. If you can imagine it, it's a little bit like an evolving game of computer battleship.  It's part mechanical, part electronic and is a noisy game... and also engaging once you get the hang of it and the strategy.

It's uncommon to find this electronic game in working and complete condition, including the original instruction manual and all the playing pieces, but here is one. It takes one 9V battery and the battery compartment is nice and clean. Otherwise, very little cosmetic signs of age and wear. The box does have some signs of both, but it's in good shape considering its age.

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]]> 1980s Action GT Space Attack! Alien Invader Game 1983 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/1980s-action-gt-space-attack-alien-invader-game-1983/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1980s-action-gt-space-attack-alien-invader-game-1983 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:20:28 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=8616 Space Attack! - an action game from the early 1980s which offered exhilarating excitement (judging by the box illustrations!) for two players, and made by Action GT. Space Attack! is essential a kind of air hockey/Crossfire hybrid where the aim of the game is to defend your base from the spinning metal alien invader which is launched by each player in turn into the arena. Each player uses their plastic deflectors to keep the wayward alien at bay and send it towards their opponent's base. It's a lot of fun and is simple to play. It's a definite nostalgia trip - especially on hearing the sound of the spinning invader - for those whose childhood memories resonate with this game.

This one is complete (aside from instructions, which are actually rather redundant), in good condition and works well. There is very little wear at all to any of the game pieces or board. The outer box is slightly deformed and worn, but it's nice to have it.

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