Warlords is a shooter from Atari
The objective of the game is to destroy the three other castles while protecting one's own
castle with the moving shield. When the button is depressed, the shield can capture a fireball.
Release the button and the fireball is catapulted at the opponents. The spinning fireballs
released from a shield have more destructive force on a castle wall than a fireball simply
deflected from another wall or the sides of the playfield. Fireballs cannot be held long since
they slowly destroy the player's own castle walls adjacent to the fireball.
Additional fireballs appear at predetermined intervals or when a castle is destroyed,
whichever comes first. A maximum of four fireballs can simultaneously be in play.
The computer controls all the unpaid castles. In one- and two-player games, if a paid
player has the surviving castle, the game continues with a new battle at a higher level.
In the higher levels, computer opponents play more accurately and faster.
Two-player games can be played jointly to maximize score/level or competitively.