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{{stub}} {{GameInfobox |image = SuperCobra2600.jpg |developer = Konami |publisher = Stern Electronics,Parker Brothers |designer = |na_rel = {{Release|1981|June|22|NA|Arcade}}<br>{{Release|1983|||NA|Atari 2600}}<br> {{Release|1983|||NA|Intellivision}} <br> |eu_rel = {{Release|1983|||EU|Magnavox Odyssey 2}} |br_rel = {{Release|1983|||EU|Magnavox Odyssey 2}} |genre = Shoot 'em up |features = Single-player |platforms = Arcade,Atari 2600,Atari 5200,ColecoVision, Magnavox Odyssey 2, Intellivision,Sord M5,MSX |input = 8-way [[joystick]], 2 buttons, Atari 2600 Joystick,Magnavox Odyssey 2 Controller,Intellivision Controller }} '''Super Cobra''' is an arcade game released in 1981. It was ported to the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, and Intellivision. It is the sequel to [[Scramble]]. ==Gameplay== You're a chopper pilot on a surveillance mission in enemy territory; your goal is to make it through the various obstacle courses alive and score as many points as possible. Tall buildings, mountains, narrow tunnels, and various enemies (such as tanks, rockets, mines, and more) can all get in the way and destroy your chopper if you aren't careful. To help defend yourself, the chopper is armed with a machine gun and bombs which can be used to destroy the enemy tanks and rockets. To make the task more difficult, your chopper has a limited amount of fuel. Throughout the landscapes are fuel tanks; if one of these is shot or bombed, you will be awarded extra fuel. As the levels progress, the enemies become more aggressive, fuel becomes more scarce, and the landscape becomes trickier to navigate ==Reception== The game was a success, selling 12,337 [[video game arcade cabinet]]s in the [[United States]] in four months, by October 2, 1981, becoming Stern's third [[List of best-selling video games|best-selling]] [[Golden age of arcade video games|arcade classic]] after ''[[Berzerk (video game)|Berzerk]]'' and ''Scramble''. ''Scramble'' sold 15,136 cabinets in the US in five months earlier that year, adding up to 27,473 US cabinet sales for both.<ref name="stern_production_numbers">{{cite web|title=Stern Production Numbers and More CCI Photos|url=http://www.tokensonly.com/2012/05/misc/stern-production-numbers-and-more-cci-photos/|accessdate=21 July 2013|date=1 May 2012}}</ref> The stand-alone portable Entex Adventure Vision version of the game received a positive review from ''[[Bill Kunkel (gaming)|Arcade Express]]'', in its [[newsletter]] issue published on November 7, 1982. They gave the game a score of 9 out of 10, stating that, "based on the Konami coin-op classic," it "can challenge even an experienced arcader." They concluded that it "takes real skill to master, and represents the state-of-the-art [[Side-scrolling video game|scrolling]] [[Shoot 'em up|shoot-outs]] for stand-alones."<ref>https://archive.org/stream/arcade_express_v1n7#page/n5/mode/2up</ref> ==Gallery== <gallery> Image:SuperCobra2600.jpg|Atari 2600 Boxart Image:SuperCobraOdy2eu.jpg|Magnavox Odyssey 2 European Boxart Image:SuperCobraOdy2br.jpg|Magnavox Odyssey 2 Brazilian Boxart Image:SuperCobraINV.jpg|Intellivision Boxart </gallery> ==Trivia== *The Odyssey 2 version features no scrolling, but rather that the chopper flies left to right across the terrain as it reveals itself one screen at a time. ==References== {{reflist}}
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