Solar Storm adds to the standard vertical-shooter formula —ships, constant fire, growing waves— the extra threat of solar phenomena that complicate navigation and combat, a thematic variant within the enormous catalog of shooters the Atari 2600 produced during its busiest third-party period. It doesn't stray far from the genre's general mold despite the extra twist. It's one of the many minor-circulation shooters in the console's library, today documented mainly by collectors who track the genre's thematic variants on the 2600.
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