Trivia
It was #90 in FLUX Magazine's (Issue #4) Top 100 Video Games of All-Time.
Yars' Revenge was named #5 in the “Top 25 Atari 2600” Games poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 46).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on May 01, 2008.
After you fire the cannon and successfully hit the Qotile fly along the vertical line that appears along the side of the explosion field, scrolling from the top to bottom of the screen. If you do this correctly a strange five digit code will appear in the middle of the screen and the game will freeze.
Contributed by
ru pauk (2) on Aug 06, 2006.
The Atari 2600 version came with a small comic book that explained the origin of the sentient flies like Yar and about the approaching Qotile enemy.
Sound effects from Yars' Revenge make an appearance in the movie Airplane II: The Sequel. In a scene near the beginning of the movie, a landing shuttle has auto pilot engaged; a kid then comes by and begins fiddling with the controls at mission control causing the shuttle to lose control, all the while the game sounds are heard in the background.
Contributed by
Servo (51671) on Sep 01, 2004.
Yar is named after an Atari executive named Ray Kassar. Yar is Ray backwards.
Contributed by
RKL (5632) on Jan 01, 2004.
