Editing Demon Attack (section)

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{{Infobox video game
|title = Demon Attack
|image = Demon Attack box art.jpg
|developer = [[Imagic]]
|publisher = Imagic
|designer = [[Rob Fulop]]
|artist = Michael Becker
|programmer = '''Atari 2600'''<br>Rob Fulop<br>'''Odyssey 2, Atari 8-bit'''<br>Dave Johnson<br>
'''Intellivision'''<br>Gary Kato
|released = {{Collapsible list
|title = {{nobold|March 1982}}
| '''Atari 2600'''
| March 1982
| '''Intellivision'''
| 1982{{sfn|TV Gamer|1983|p=28|ref=TVGamer}}
| '''Odyssey 2'''
| 1983{{sfn|Blanchet|1982}}
| '''TI-99/4A'''
| 1984{{sfn|Computer Entertainer includes The Video Game Update|1984|p=16}}
}}
|genre = [[Fixed shooter]]
|modes = 1-2 players alternating turns
|platforms = {{Collapsible list
 | expand = 
 | title = {{nobold|{{Dark mode invert|[[Atari 2600]]}}}}
 | bullets = 
 | 1 = [[Intellivision]]
 | 2 = [[Atari 8-bit computers|Atari 8-bit]]
 | 3 = [[Magnavox Odyssey 2|Odyssey 2]]
 | 4 = [[Philips Videopac+ G7400]]
 | 5 = [[TI-99/4A]]
 | 6 = [[TRS-80 Color Computer]]
 | 7 = [[Commodore 64]]
 | 8 = [[IBM PCjr]]
 | 9 = [[VIC-20]]
}}
}}

'''''Demon Attack''''' is a [[fixed shooter]] video game created by [[Rob Fulop]] for the [[Atari 2600]] and published by [[Imagic]] in 1982. The game involves the player controlling a laser cannon from the surface of a planet, shooting winged demons that fly down and attack the player in different sets of patterns.

Fulop designed the game after leaving [[Atari, Inc.|Atari]], saying he was not properly reimbursed for his work on a port of ''[[Space Invaders]]''. He co-founded the company Imagic in 1981 and began developing ''Demon Attack''. It was the first game he developed that had a graphic artist, Michael Becker, who created eight-phase animations for the demons. On the games release in 1982, it received positive critical attention for its graphics and gameplay and became one of the best-selling Atari 2600 games, and the best-selling game developed by Imagic.

Programmer Gary Kato created a port of ''Demon Attack'' for the [[Intellivision]] console which added a final boss mothership. The boss was similar in gameplay to the final boss in ''[[Phoenix (1980 video game)|Phoenix]]'' (1980), a game Atari had exclusive console rights to. This led to Atari filing a suit against Imagic. A settlement was reached in January 1983, with Imagic being allowed to release ''Demon Attack'' for several video game consoles and home computers in the 1980s.