- Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter video arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. The player controls a green stick man. Using a joystick and a firing button that activates a laser-like weapon, the player navigates a simple maze filled with many robots, who fire lasers back at the player character. A player can be killed by being shot, by running into a robot or an exploding robot, coming into contact with the electrified walls of the maze itself, or by being touched by the player’s nemesis, Evil Otto.
- The game is emulated with MAME. For all MAME games on the Internte Archive, first press the green power button to start the emulator. Press tab to open settings including input controls.
- Use the arrow keys to move around. Press the left-control button while moving to fire the weapon in the direction of movement.
- Berzerk (Atari 2600) online game (atarionline.org)
Berzerk is a multidirectional shooter video game that was initially released for arcades in 1980 and later for the Atari 2600 in 1982. The game was developed by Stern Electronics and designed by Alan McNeil. Berzerk places the player in the role of a human fighting his way through a maze of interconnected rooms filled with hostile robots. The objective is to destroy the robots while avoiding their shots, as well as the walls of the maze, which are electrified.