Console: | Arcade |
TV Standard: | Other |
Country: | United States of America |
Developer(s): | Atari |
Publisher(s): | Atari, Inc. |
Release Date: | 1982-01-01 |
Players: | 1 |
Co-op: | No |
ESRB: | Not Rated |
Type: | Action |
For one thousand years, the galaxy lived in peace thanks to the Atarian Federation. However, that peace would come to a halt when the evil Jorzon and his forces attacked, leaving the galaxy in despair. A turret called the Sentinel must use an ancient star cannon called Akka Arrh which must be used to defeat Jorzon and restore peace to the galaxy.
In Akka Arrh, the player controls the Sentinel which is fixed in the center of the screen surrounded by a black octagonal field. The game uses a trackball to target enemies, similar to Missile Command. The player has to shoot all of the enemies outside of the octagonal field. If one or more of the enemies enter the octagonal field, the player can be able to zoom in the screen to shoot the enemies in the octagonal field and zoom back out to shoot at advancing enemies.
Akka Arrh was never officially released. The game was field tested in arcades, but performed poorly, so further development was cancelled. Only three cabinets are known to exist.