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- Players9 ratings

1983 · Action · Arcade
Plaque Attack
Atari exclusive
Plaque Attack is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600 that was made by Activision. Loosely based on Space Invaders, the player must prevent food from destroying teeth in a person's mouth. Steve Cartwright, who designed the game, said that game was meant to help people develop good dental habits.
- Released
- 22 February 1983
- Platforms
- Atari 2600
- Genres
- ActionArcadeEducationalShooter
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ActionEducational
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- ESRB E
- Languages
- English
About
Plaque Attack is a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600 that was made by Activision. The player must shoot food to protect teeth inside a person's mouth. Steve Cartwright, who designed the game, said that game was meant to help people develop good dental habits.
Keywords
- shoot 'em up
- anthropomorphism
- never-ending
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player controls a tube of toothpaste, defending teeth against various types of food, such as hamburgers and french fries. The objective is to fire toothpaste at food intent on destroying the teeth. If the food touches a tooth, it begins breaking down the tooth. If the player is fast enough to shoot the piece of food as soon as it starts breaking down the tooth the player will be able to save the tooth.
If not, the tooth will decay and disappears from the screen. The food comes in waves, and the movements become more complicated. Destroying the food scores points, as does the number of teeth and the amount of toothpaste left at the end of each wave.
Reception
Videogaming Illustrated described the game as "cute and busy, but nothing more" and gave it B-B+ for gameplay. Video Games magazine described it, in their review, as "another slide and shoot".
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600Hot Action PakActivision AnthologyActivision Hits RemixedActivision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2Activision Anthology: Remix EditionAtari Flashback 8 Gold: Activision EditionActivision Collection 2
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Collections2 collections
Platform libraries
- Atari 2600 gamesRetail game releases
Publishers
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