Space Firebird (1982 video game)

For the 1980 Nintendo arcade game, see Space Firebird (1980 video game).

Space Firebird is a 1982 action-adventure multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari,_Inc. Atari, Inc.] and based on the 1980 Anime movie Phoenix 2772, released as Space Firebird outside of Japan. In the game you play as Godo who must traverse through various mazes to obtain the mystical Phoenix.

The game was programmed by Tod Frye with special input from Carl Andy himself in tandem with the dub's production. the game was released on October 12, 1982 and received mostly positive reviews, though many pointed out it's similarities to Berzerk, which Atari had ported to the 2600 a month prior. an enhanced port was planned for the Atari 5200 but was eventually scrapped due to Atari's financial problems pertaining to the 1983 Video game crash.