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Canyon Bomber is a black-and-white 1978 arcade game, developed and published by Atari. The game was rewritten in color and with a different visual style for the Atari 2600, also in 1978. The player and an opponent fly a blimp or biplane over a canyon full of numbered, circular rocks, arranged in layers. The player does not control the flight of vehicles, but only presses a button to drop bombs which destroy rocks and give points. Each rock is labeled with the points given for destroying it. As the number of rocks is reduced, it becomes harder to hit them without missing. The third time a player drops a bomb without hitting a rock, the game is over.
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Two aircraft (yours and your opponent’s) fly over a canyon filled with layers of colorful bricks, a la Breakout. Using the fire button on your paddle controller, you earn points by dropping bombs into the canyon and destroying as many blocks as possible. The player with the highest score at the end of the game wins.
This game is extremely limited in that it is played using only the paddle controller’s fire button. You do not control the movement of the planes and helicopters, but rather you must time your shots to do the most damage.
The really interesting games modes on the cartridge are the “Sea Bomber”-variants. In this game, you deploy bombs onto seafaring ships, using the paddle controller’s knob to determine the depth of the bombs. This game is very challenging against the computer and great competitive fun against a friend.
Overall, Canyon Bomber is a cartridge worth having: 7/10