Editing Demon Attack (section)

==Release==
[[File:Magnavox-Odyssey-2-Console-Set.jpg|thumb|''Demon Attack'' was the first video game released for the [[Magnavox Odyssey 2]] (pictured) from an independent publisher.]]
''Demon Attack'' was released in March 1982 for the Atari 2600 along with two other Imagic games: ''[[Star Voyager (Atari 2600)|Star Voyager]]'' and ''Trick Shot''.{{sfn|Herman|1983|p=25}} Becker created the cover art for the game from model toys painted silver and blue.{{sfn|Tips & Tricks|2006|p=71|ref=TaT}}

By the end of 1982, the Atari 2600 version of ''Demon Attack'' was the third highest selling console game of the year, only being beaten by ''[[Pitfall!]]'' and ''[[Pac-Man (Atari 2600 video game)|Pac-Man]]''. The game was also released for other consoles such as the Intellivision and Magnavox Odyssey 2.{{sfn|Katz|Kunkel|1983|p=40}}{{sfn|Computer Entertainer includes The Video Game Update|1984|p=7}} The Intellivision version was the 9th highest-grossing game of 1982.{{sfn|The Video Game Update|1982|p=40|ref=Year-End}} The Magnavox Odyssey 2 version of ''Demon Attack'' was the first cartridge for the system by an independent publisher.{{sfn|Katz|Kunkel|1983|p=40}} It was also ported to several home computers, including the [[TI-99/4A]], the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, [[VIC-20]], [[TRS-80 Color Computer]] and [[IBM PCjr]].{{sfn|Packwood|2022|p=34}}{{sfn|Computer Entertainer includes The Video Game Update|1984|p=7}} The game was retitled ''Super Demon Attack'' for its release on the TI-99/4A computer and a port of the Odyssey 2 version called ''Demon Attack Plus'' when it was released for the [[Philips Videopac+ G7400]] in France.{{sfn|Cassidy}}{{sfn|Computer Entertainer includes The Video Game Update|1984|p=7}} ''Demon Attack'' was included in the ''[[Activision Anthology]]'' compilation, but was removed for the [[Game Boy Advance]] release.{{sfn|Harris|2003}}

Kato's version of ''Demon Attack'' for the Intellivision features a final boss named Pandemonium that is similar to the boss in the arcade game ''[[Phoenix (1980 video game)|Phoenix]]'' (1980).{{sfn|Weiss|2014|p=63}} Fulop had played Kato's version of the game and disliked the addition of the boss. He said: "That, to me, was totally stupid. I mean, it's exactly the same game [as ''Phoenix'']".{{sfn|Packwood|2022|p=35}}  Atari had the exclusive rights to produce ''Phoenix'' for home consoles and filed suit against the company Imagic, believing that the Intellivision version of ''Demon Attack'' was too derivative of the arcade game.{{sfn|Crookes|2016|p=54}}{{sfn|Packwood|2022|p=35}} A settlement was reached in January 1983, with Imagic still being allowed to release ''Demon Attack''.{{sfn|Crookes|2016|p=54}} When asked about the legal issues between Atari and Imagic related to ''Demon Attack'', Fulop responded that he "kept out of a lot of that. It was basically a silly hustling and political thing. I think I went to one deposition, that was it [...] No one really cared too much about it".{{sfn|Drury|2007|p=82}} ''Demon Attack'' went on to became the best selling Imagic game.{{sfn|Crookes|2016|p=54}}