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M Network / Mattel Electronics - Air Battle

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TV format		Rarity	Cart	CiB	Last changed n/a
Gametitle	Air Battle	Class	Never released
Company	M Network / Mattel Electronics	Genre	Shoot'em Up
Series	n/a	Max. player	1
Cartridge shell	Standard	Controller	Joystick
Serial number	5861	Programmer	Zwick, Larry
UPC code		Manual
Year	1982	Screenshot
Country	- USA	md5 Hash / Size	/

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At the beginning of 1980 Mattel's video game console "Intellivision" came on the market and was a direct competitor of the Atari VCS. From 1980 to 1983, Mattel produced and sold versions of its Intellivision games for the Atari VCS console under the label "M Network", but some of them under a different name (e.g. the game "Astrosmash" in the Atari version was renamed "Astroblast"). Atari was initially not allowed to make games for the Intellivision in return. In the early 1980s, Mattel filed a lawsuit against Atari because it was alleged that former Mattel employees who had worked for Atari betrayed trade secrets. Probably one reason why Atarisoft ultimately produced only three games for the Intellivision console (Centipede, Defender, Pac-Man, all 1983).

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Original Version	9 known copies	Output
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