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Mattel's answer to Berzerk, without electrified walls or Otto.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 5 Replay Value: 3 Notes: 1-player game (despite the fact that they say you can have two - one moves, one shoots) Screen Shots

The graphics for Night Stalker are decent. When you get to the tougher robots, you see some interesting stuff. It gets really nasty when they can blast away your safe house. There are some interesting sound effects, like when you hit a shielded robot, and the constant thrump thrump thrump pounding in the background. If you can handle moving with one controller and shooting with the other, you can dispatch your enemies a bit more easily. Some variations in the maze layout would have been a nice addition.

Playing Tip: If you can get used to it, try using one controller to run, the other to shoot. You can then run and shoot at the same time!

Mattel reworked this as an M-Network game for the Atari VCS called Dark Cavern.

A total of eight Night Stalker box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0910	1982	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0910	1982	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0510	1982	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada on back
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0410	1982	Hong Kong	International Edition; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne CA on bottom of box; slots in back for extra manual(s); slots inside for overlays
	Intellivision Inc.	5305	1982	U.S.A.	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box
	Sears	5401-0910	1982	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; blue game title on top and back; game title on top of box rotated 180 deg. compared to the standard case
	Sears	5401-0910	1982	Hong Kong	Kudos to JasonlikesINTV for discovering this variation (announced on Atari Age on Feb. 19, 2014); this version is like the other Sears Hong Kong boxes, with the white plastic tray
	Digiplay	N/A	1981	Brazil	Digiplay version; 'Rua Acará' address printed on back; 'Av. Açaí' address sticker appears to have fallen off; Mattel Electronics logo on box; no part number apparent; © Mattel Inc. 1981 on front; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate horizontal slots; localized title PERSEGUIÇÃO NOTURNA

A total of thirteen Night Stalker manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0920	1982	U.S.A.	Erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover - was there a corrected printing?
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0920	1982	Hong Kong	Erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover - was there a corrected printing?
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0720	1982	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover - was there a corrected printing?
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0121	1982	Hong Kong	German version; erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover; font for game title has different aspect ratio than typical Mattel game manual font
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	5305-0131	1982	Hong Kong	Italian version (AGGUATO NOTTURNO); Erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover - was there a corrected printing?
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0920	1982	Italy	Italian version (black and white); noted, and image contributed by Spadafermo51; localized title: AGGUATO NOTTURNO
	Mattel Electronics	5305-0920	None		Swedish translation from LEAB; black and white; erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover (in Swedish); no copyright date or origin provided
	Mattel Electronics	PC-5305-0920	1982	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover
Image not available.	Bandai	5305-0201	None		Japanese release by Bandai; noted by voltron and others; shows stylized game graphics
	Intellivision Inc.	5305-0920-G1	None	U.S.A.	Accordion-style fold; does a Mattel version of this manual exist?
	Sears	5401-0920	1982	U.S.A.	Erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover - was there a corrected printing?
	Sears	5401-0920	1982	Hong Kong	Kudos to JasonlikesINTV for discovering this variation (announced on Atari Age on Feb. 19, 2014); erroneously states FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS on cover
	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Mattel/Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; 'Rua Acará' address printed on back with 'Av. Açaí' sticker; image courtesy of Hankster

A total of six Night Stalker overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	5305-4289	1982	U.S.A.
	Intellivision Inc.	5305-4289	None		Copyright information removed
	Digiplay	N/A	1982		Localized in Brazilian Portuguese; image submitted by mgc423
	Phil Boland	49 75236	1982	U.S.A.	Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)
	Intellivision Productions	N/A	None		Part of the standard 10 overlay set from the 2014 Intellivision Flashback; copyright information has been removed
	Blue Sky Rangers	N/A	2019		Reprint from Blue Sky Rangers in 2019

A total of nine Night Stalker label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1981	U.S.A.	Origin lower left; © M.I. 1981; ™ upper right
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	Origin lower left; © M.I. 1982 lower right, ™ upper right; small label, rounded corners; small, bold font for copyright, etc.
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	Origin lower left; © M.I. 1982 lower right, ™ upper right; small label, rounded corners; thin, larger font for copyright, etc.; submitted by Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1981	Hong Kong	Origin lower left; © M.I. 1981 lower right, ™ upper right
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1981	Singapore	Origin lower left; © M.I. 1981; ™ upper right; submitted by Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	Origin lower left; © M.I. 1982; ™ center right; appears to be painted on and not a sticker label; thanks to intvdave pointing me to a forum post about these
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1982 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners
	Digiplay	N/A	None		Digiplay edition; dual-language, with NIGHT STALKER in large font on first line, and smaller font (PERSEGUÇÃO NOTURNA) on second line; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper
	Phil Boland	N/A	None		Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)

	Title screen for Night Stalker.
	The Invisible robot was quite a hoot! Some rather interesting liquid-like sound effects for the shielded robots, too.

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