Solar War

Solar War

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Console
Arcade
Release
1979
Players
4P alt
Developer
Atari

About Solar War

Space-themed physics govern this Atari video pinball title. Players manipulate a digital ball through a celestial environment to score points, utilizing the arcade cabinet's controls to navigate the electronic playfield. This early digital implementation of pinball mechanics replaces traditional mechanical flippers with programmed space-themed interactions.

Player layout in our catalog: 4P alt.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Solar War. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

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Cabinet dossier

Solar War is filed in our catalog as a 1979 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 4P alt.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Arcade.

Credit line lists Atari as developer.

Screenshots

Solar War screenshot 1

Next cabinets

Nearby cabinets you may also open from this hall (each on its own play page):Liberator (set 1), Atari Baseball (set 1), Asteroids Deluxe (rev 3), Asteroids (rev 4), Atari Football (revision 2), Avalanche, Bradley Trainer, Canyon Bomber, Centipede (revision 4), Dominos, Lunar Lander (rev 2), Monte Carlo

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Same studio

Liberator (set 1) · Atari Baseball (set 1) · Asteroids Deluxe (rev 3) · Asteroids (rev 4) · Atari Football (revision 2) · Avalanche · Bradley Trainer · Canyon Bomber · Centipede (revision 4) · Dominos · Lunar Lander (rev 2) · Monte Carlo

How to play Solar War online

  • Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start.
  • USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.
  • On phones, open the on-screen pad from the emulator bar; rotate sits next to fullscreen.
  • Save states, load, volume, and fullscreen stay on the emulator bar between credits.

Studio notes — Atari

Atari appears on this cabinet’s credit line. Browse more titles from the same studio on the developer shelf, or stay on this page and try the next cabinets in the same hall.

Liberator (set 1) · Atari Baseball (set 1) · Asteroids Deluxe (rev 3) · Asteroids (rev 4) · Atari Football (revision 2) · Avalanche · Bradley Trainer · Canyon Bomber

Retro games by Atari

Can I play Solar War free in a browser?

Yes. Classic Arcade Games hosts Solar War as a Arcade cabinet you can start on this page. The emulator loads in the browser; you do not need to install a separate app.

What controls does Solar War support?

Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start. USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.

What genre is Solar War on Classic Arcade Games?

Our catalog tags Solar War under Arcade. Open those genre rooms from the tags on this page to find more playable cabinets in the same feel.

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