If you really dig into the archives, you might remember Missile Command as the 1980 Atari arcade game inspired by The Cold War — where you use your own set of missiles to intercept incoming ones before they blow up your home. It’s not the most subtle of metaphors, but Missile Command did make for a thrilling arcade game, going down as one of the all-time classics. While we’ve seen updates, rereleases, and clones, Atari never really found a way to capitalize on Missile Command and turn it into something more — until now that is.
Missile Command Delta is a shockingly drastic reimaginging of the arcade game, turning its shoot ‘em up gameplay into turn-based tactics and mixing that with a narrative-heavy escape room style experience. And perhaps what’s most surprising is that it all works.
