Help the Yars, latter-day descendents of the humble house fly, obliterate their mortal enemies, the Qotile, using the power of the Zorlon Cannon! Available on Atari Collection 2 for the Evercade retro gaming handheld.

Developer: Howard Scott Warshaw
Publisher: Atari
Available on: Atari 2600, Evercade

Articles about Yars’ Revenge

Atari A to Z Flashback: Yars’ Revenge - This is it! The final game in Atari Flashback Classics — and it just happens to be one of the most legendary games for the Atari 2600. It’s Howard Scott Warshaw’s all-time classic Yars’ Revenge! This was one of the all-time best-selling games for the Atari 2600, and with good reason: it was original, it … Continue reading Atari A to Z Flashback: Yars’ Revenge →

Atari A to Z Flashback: Yars’ Return - For the various Atari Flashback consoles over the years, Atari included a number of “hacks” of its classic games that were decent enough to be considered full sequels. One such example is Yars’ Return, a follow-up to Howard Scott Warshaw’s classic Yars’ Revenge. This first appeared on an Atari Flashback console in 2005 and has continued to be distributed … Continue reading Atari A to Z Flashback: Yars’ Return →

Atari A to Z: Yar’s Strike - Classic Atari 2600 game Yars’ Revenge never got an official conversion to Atari 8-bit, sadly. That doesn’t mean people haven’t done their best to make their own, however! Today we have one such example, where a brave AtariAge denizen decided to take on the challenge of programming their own original take on Yars’ Revenge, entirely from … Continue reading Atari A to Z: Yar’s Strike →

Yars’ Revenge: This Game Has Bugs - Yars’ Revenge is, it’s fair to say, one of the most well-known and respected Atari 2600 games out there. Indeed, back in the day it was one of the platform’s best-selling games, being one of several examples from the 1981-1982 period that actually broke a million copies sold. This was, as you might imagine, a … Continue reading Yars’ Revenge: This Game Has Bugs →