A-VCS-tec Challenge

Atari console exclusive

In the Aztec empire you were chosen for sacrifice.

Released: 1983
Platforms: Atari 2600 Atari 8-bit Commodore 64 Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore VIC-20 Texas Instruments TI-99
Genres: Action Arcade Platformer
Developers: Cosmi Corporation Aackosoft
Publishers: Cosmi Corporation
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric Side view
Themes: Action
Country: United States
Languages: English

About

Aztec Challenge refers to either of two early action video games published by Cosmi, as well as two subsequent remakes. In all game versions the player takes control of a running Aztec warrior. The first was a side-scrolling platform-jumping game created by Robert Tegel Bonifacio and released in 1982 for Atari 8-bit computers. Subsequently, a different game with the same title and overall theme was created by Paul Norman and released for the Commodore 64. It includes a level in a modified-first-person 3D-style.

Keywords

auto-scrolling levels

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Legacy

This game was remade in 2003 by Paul Norman as Azteca: Queen of Quetzalcoatl. It is only found on his website, DigiTTARIUS.

A clone of Paul Norman's Commodore 64 version of Aztec Challenge was released in 2006 for the Atari 2600 as A-VCS-tec Challenge.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Atari 8-bit	31 December 1982	North America
Commodore VIC-20	31 December 1982	North America
Texas Instruments TI-99	31 December 1982	North America
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1983	North America