A very similar version of this game based on the 1970s Battlestar Galactica TV series was released in 1976 by Mattel Electronics under the name Mattel Electronics Missile Attack, which was resold in 1978 as Mattel Electronics Battlestar Galactica Space Alert due to difficulties with NBC who refused to air commercials for the Missile Attack game.
In this game, the player remains at the bottom of the play field, and the game is equipped with a fire button that enables the player to shoot and destroy the adversaries. If one managed to reach the center-bottom space on the playing field, the Galactica was considered destroyed and the game lost.[10] In contrast to Mattel Electronics Auto Race, in this game, the score counter goes up instead of down as the player gains points by destroying enemies.
