Posted on: September 19, 2023
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Yars Recharged
Description
A daring attack against the enemy homeworld, guarded by mechanical hives that pulse deadly cannons and emit flurries of swirling missiles. Shoot from range as you find pockets of safety amongst the hail of incoming fire, and then dart forward in daring forays to nibble away at the enemies defenses. Gather enough energy by destroying the enemy’s shields and you can power up your massively destructive Zorlon cannon, which sends searing blasts of golden energy into the enemy hive.
Yars: Recharged is the latest title from Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox, the team behind the Atari Recharged series, infusing elements of arcade, shoot-em up, and bullet hell into the classic's formula. Yars: Recharged requires players to remain acutely aware of visual and audio cues that hint of impending danger, and to master rhythm of each boss as they navigate increasingly complex enemy defenses, all to epic soundtrack by Megan McDuffee.
The new game marks Atari’s return to the Yars universe, which is based on Howard Scott Warshaw’s classic Yars’ Revenge. Released in 1982.
Key Features:
Yars: Recharged is the latest title from Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox, the team behind the Atari Recharged series, infusing elements of arcade, shoot-em up, and bullet hell into the classic's formula. Yars: Recharged requires players to remain acutely aware of visual and audio cues that hint of impending danger, and to master rhythm of each boss as they navigate increasingly complex enemy defenses, all to epic soundtrack by Megan McDuffee.
The new game marks Atari’s return to the Yars universe, which is based on Howard Scott Warshaw’s classic Yars’ Revenge. Released in 1982.
Key Features:
- Arcade mode: Boss rush of 30 enemies. It’s not endless, but it’s VERY difficult to get to the end of this mode. Three hits and you die, but don’t worry, that hit-count resets when moving to the next fight.
- Missions: 30 unique, challenging bosses and only one life to beat each. Like Gravitar: Recharged, there’s one global leaderboard for mission mode, so you need to be on your game. Bosses pose a challenge, so you will need to take them head on with a barrage of bullets or start with the smaller, Minor Cores first and work your way to the boss.
- Power-Ups: Minor Cores will drop power-ups when attached. Shoot in all directions at once, rapid fire, explosive shots, or fire a railgun – the nature of the power up is tied to the nature of the core that dropped it.
- Co-op: Yars: Recharged is a local co-op game in both arcade and mission mode, a big change from the original and a ton of fun for you and a friend.
© 2022 Atari Interactive, Inc. ATARI, the ATARI logo are trademarks of Atari Interactive, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Popular achievements
2112
Shoot the Zorlon Cannon 100 times
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50.44%
Apollo
Reach 10000 score in Arcade
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73.45%
A Farewell to Kings
Get killed while operating the Zorlon Cannon
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38.94%
Dionysus
Reach 20000 score in Arcade
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54.87%
Oracle
Complete a level without losing a life
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78.76%
Soliloquy
Destroy 150 shields by nibbling
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66.37%
The Weapon
Destroy the Swirl
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77.88%
Xanadu
Destroy 200 Silorak Cores
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39.82%
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Posted on: June 20, 2025
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Games: 55 Reviews: 6
Feels like a flash game, and repetitive.
It's just kinda boring. iirc there's some kind of rouge like element to this game, but the game just feels so unchanged and boring and repetitive it's problematic for fun. isn't yars' revenge supposed to be like a hard core arcade like or something? the difficulty is nonexistent, until it is, sorta. once you get so far you'll get to harder levels, but they're not really harder, they're more like if instead of doing one simple math question you're doing 200,000 simple math questions, not fun. it just goes on and on and then you die not because the game is hard but because the game has so little actual engagement needed you become brain dead and die of boredom. If you're interested it seemingly goes on sale rather often and is rather cheap so just to fill your curiosity it may be worth purchasing, or to take note how not to reboot an old and loved, but ultimately niche game.
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Posted on: December 20, 2023
dogbus
Verified ownerGames: 2726 Reviews: 14
Absolutely Blast
An incredible arcade experience that takes the Yars formula and mordernizes it. Absolutely worth the time of any bullet hell, twin stick or just good arcade games. Easy to pick up and play. No previous understanding of Yars requried. So good.
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