Missile Command Recharged Switch Review

Missile Command Recharged
Developed/Published by: Atari
Date of Release: May 27, 2020
Price: $2.99
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Back in 1980 Atari released an arcade game called Missile Command which saw players defending cities by shooting down incoming missiles. Though simple, the gameplay was addictive and fast-paced, and drew in a lot of players, and quickly relieved them of their quarters. Reportedly
during development, the programmer for the game ended up having vivid nightmares about cities getting nuked. Pretty heavy stuff to be caused by a simple game with vector graphics. Anyway, Missile Command went on to be one of Atari's big hits, right up there with Asteroids and Centipede. It's been ported to many home consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and it just keeps going, the simple and classic gameplay still drawing players in to this day.



And now here we are in 2020, 40 years after the original release too the world by nuclear storm. Atari has brought the old classic back with Missile Command Recharged for the Nintendo switch and, what can I say, it's Missile Command. Except better. It's had an aesthetically pleasing makeover graphically, as well as the inclusion of a new soundtrack scoring the action onscreen. Also new is a few gameplay changes with the addition of various power-ups to enhance the experience. But other than that it's Missile Command. The controls are tight, the gameplay is tried and true, and none of the new enhancements get in the way of the classic action. And on top of that it's only $2.99. If that doesn't catch your interest, there's really not much I can do. It's Missile Command for people who love Missile Command. And that's a perfectly good thing IMO.