Reactor (video game)

Reactor
Atari 2600 box art
DeveloperGottlieb
PublishersGottlieb
2600
Parker Brothers
DesignerTim Skelly
ProgrammersTim Skelly
2600
Charlie Heath
ArtistTim Skelly
ComposerDavid Thiel
PlatformsArcade, Atari 2600
ReleaseArcade
  • NA: June 1982
2600
  • January 1983
GenreAction
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Reactor is a 1982 action game developed and published by Gottlieb for arcades. The object of the game is to cool down the core of a nuclear reactor without being pushed into its walls by swarms of subatomic particles. Reactor was developed by Tim Skelly, who previously designed and programmed a series of vector graphics arcade games for Cinematronics, including Rip Off. It was the first arcade game to credit the developer on the title screen. Reactor was ported to the Atari 2600 by Charlie Heath and published by Parker Brothers in 1983.