Title
Planet Patrol game cartridge
Year/Period
1980s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 9.8 x 8.2 x 2.1 cm,
Object size: 9.8 x 8.1 x 2.0 cm
Object size: 9.8 x 8.1 x 2.0 cm
Accession No.
2023-01244
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Chu Yau Heng
This is a Planet Patrol game cartridge that was developed by Spectravision and used with the Atari 2600 video game console in the 1980s. Planet Patrol is a shooter game set in space, where the player is an ace fighter pilot patrolling the galaxy and shooting enemies. In the early 1980s, video games were a popular form of entertainment for children and youth in Singapore. They played games at video game centres, or at home on computers or video game consoles such as the Atari 2600. Shooter games and space-themed games were popular during the 1980s, in line with the broader interest in space in popular culture.
