It is designed to be played with paddles only, even allowing two players to play at the same time in some specific game feature that was cut from the single player.įirst appearance of Domination in the Fall 1981 APX catalog. Domination is a multiplayer game first (up to 5 players). Sales figures are unknown, but Newman claims he received $3000 upfront from Atari for ranking first in some “ Atari Star” competition. The game was published by the Atari Program Exchange in 1981, and later republished in 1982 by Artworx. While Newman had a strong background in designing boardgames, he would only develop three more video games, including the somewhat popular platformer Tutti Frutti, and then decided not to pursue his career in video games as he got frustrated by rampant software piracy. Newman’s first video game – and his only game that can be construed as a wargame, or at least a strategy game.
The apparent complexity of this screen made me postpone playing this game for a while.ĭomination is Alan M. All our divisions vanished when we conquered Iwwanawa.
I mean, what were OUR losses, Lieutenant Narwhal ? So, Lieutenant Narwhal, did we defeat the decadent nation of Iwwanawa ?
