Fort Apocalypse

Fort Apocalypse
UK edition, cover art by Tim Boxell
DeveloperSynapse Software
PublishersSynapse Software
U.S. Gold
DesignerSteve Hales
ProgrammersAtari 8-bit
Steve Hales
Commodore 64
Joe Vierra
PlatformsAtari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release1982
GenreScrolling shooter
ModeSingle-player

Fort Apocalypse is a multidirectional scrolling shooter for Atari 8-bit computers created by Steve Hales and published by Synapse Software in 1982. Joe Vierra ported it to the Commodore 64 the same year. In the game, the player flies a helicopter through an underground prison, avoiding or shooting enemies and saving prisoners. A contemporary of Choplifter, it has similarities to that game as well as the arcade games Scramble and Super Cobra.