Major Havoc

Major Havoc
Arcade flyer
DeveloperAtari, Inc.
PublishersAtari, Inc.
DesignersOwen Rubin
Mark Cerny
ProgrammersOwen Rubin
Mark Cerny
PlatformArcade
Release
  • NA: January 1984
GenreAction
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Major Havoc (or The Adventures of Major Havoc) is an action game released as an arcade video game by Atari, Inc. in 1984. A vector-based upright arcade cabinet, Major Havoc consists of several smaller game experiences played in succession, including a fixed shooter, platform game, and a lunar lander sequence. It was developed by Owen Rubin with some levels designed and tuned by Mark Cerny, who joined the development team approximately a year into the game's development.

The game was released as a dedicated cabinet in January 1984 and then in March 1984 as a conversion kit for older vector arcade games like Tempest. Dedicated versions of the game used a roller control for left-right movement, while conversion kits used their native controller hardware, such as the Tempest rotary spinner knob.