Is Air-Sea Battle on Steam?

No. Air-Sea Battle is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Air-Sea Battle on?

Air-Sea Battle is available on Atari 2600, PC (Microsoft Windows).

When did Air-Sea Battle release?

Air-Sea Battle was first released on September 11, 1977.

Air-Sea Battle

Sep 11, 1977ShooterAtari 2600PC (Microsoft Windows)

Air-Sea Battle — frequently asked questions

Is Air-Sea Battle on Steam?: No. Air-Sea Battle is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Air-Sea Battle on?: Air-Sea Battle is available on Atari 2600, PC (Microsoft Windows).
When did Air-Sea Battle release?: Air-Sea Battle was first released on September 11, 1977.

About Air-Sea Battle

There are six basic types of game available in Air-Sea Battle, and for each type, there are one or two groups of three games, for a total of twenty-seven game variants. Within each group, variant one is the standard game, variant two features guided missiles which can be directed left or right after being fired, and variant three pits a single player (using the right gun) against a computer opponent, which simply fires continuously at the default angle or speed. In every game, players shoot targets (enemy planes or ships, shooting gallery targets, or each other, depending on the game chosen) competing to get a higher score. Each round lasts two minutes and sixteen seconds; the player with the higher score after time expires is the winner, unless one player wins (and ends the game) by reaching 99 points before the time is up.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Developer: Atari
Publisher: Atari
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Warfare

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

60/100

from 24 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews
Atari 2600	1977	$6	$16	$27	4 reviews

Also released on: PC (Microsoft Windows). We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

Complete

$16

Sealed

$27

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Text Label	$6	$30	—
Text # Side Label	—	$40	—
Target Fun	$5	$12	$15

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Atari	Text	CX2602	Common+
North America Atari	Text # - "02 air-sea battle"	CX2602	Scarce
North America Atari	Picture	CX2602	Common+
North America Sears	Text - 49-75102	99802	Common+
North America Sears	Text - 99802	99802	Common+
Asia Atari	—	—	—

Also released in South America by Polyvox.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1977
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Low

On Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration since Nov 11, 2022 — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Larry Kaplan's 1977 launch-era shooting gallery, an award winner in its day, cheap and on Atari 50.

Air-Sea Battle is a 1977 fixed shooter and Larry Kaplan's first game for Atari, which he joined in 1976. You aim or move a gun to shoot down targets across several themed modes, which Kaplan built with Combat, then in development, in mind. Historians link its gameplay to arcade games of the time such as Anti-Aircraft, Sea Wolf and Destroyer.

Sears sold it as Target Fun and used it as the pack-in game for its Tele-Games version of the console. Video magazine named it Best Target Game in 1980. It is on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

How it was made

Designed by Larry Kaplan, his first Atari game, and released in September 1977, with a PAL release in 1978. Sears sold it as Target Fun and bundled it with its Tele-Games console.

What the press said at the time

AllGame		4/5
The Complete Guide to Electronic Games		2/5
Electronic Games 1983 Software Encyclopedia		7/10
Electronic Games 1984 Software Encyclopedia		5/10

“but it certainly hasn't dated. It has, rather, aged gracefully and is still one of Atari's outstanding software selections.”
— Electronic Games, December 1981

“The steerable missile greatly enhances this game, which is one of the finest head-to-head contests in the VCS library.”
— Electronic Games, May 1982

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 2 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Worth knowing

Sears' pack-in. Sears bundled Air-Sea Battle, renamed Target Fun, with its Tele-Games rebranding of the Atari console.
1981 dealer price. Atari's confidential retailer price list for January 1 to June 1, 1981 lists Air-Sea Battle (CX2602) in its basic tier: dealers paid $14.00 against a suggested retail price of $22.95.

Before you buy

Low risk; a common cart. Four listings are priced: the standard cart, a Text Label cart, a Text # Side Label variant priced only as a complete copy, and the Sears Target Fun cart. They are the same game, and loose copies are cheap. Boxed Text Label and Text # Side Label copies cost more than standard boxed copies, so check exactly which label and box are in the photos before paying for one.