Transformers Computer Game
date: label: Date made
content: 1986
name: label: maker
content: Activision
notes: label: Description
content: This computer game software, for use on a Commodore 64 microcomputer, has the original box containing a 5 ¼” diskette with the “Transformer” software, an 8-page User Manual, and a brochure for productivity software by Personal Choice Software.
label: Description
content: The action role-playing game “Transformer” was designed by David Crane and published by Activision in 1986. It was based on the popular animated series “Transformers.”
label: Description
content: The game had two groups, the Decepticons, who found a way to drain the Earth’s energy supply, and the Autobots, who sought to stop them. The player controlled the Autobots and accumulated points by destroying the Decepticons as they attempted to steal resources. The Decepticons gained points for successfully stealing them. The group with the most points at the end of the game won.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Gaming
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carl J. and Tracie Lafata
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3063.03
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3063.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Software
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 18 cm x 2.6 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 3/32 in x 1 1/32 in