Astro Blaster (1981) · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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The player controls a ship (bearing a resemblance to the Battlestar Galactica) which can fire and move left or right. The player must continuously monitor the onscreen temperature and fuel gauges; if the ship overheats, its weapon is disabled, and if it is depleted of fuel, the vessel itself explodes. The player must battle through waves of enemies, which attack with varied formations and flight patterns. When a wave is destroyed, a new one appears. At the end of each sector, the player flies through an asteroid belt and can obtain extra fuel by shooting fireballs. After this, the mother sh…
- Released
- 1981
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, ZX Spectrum
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Gremlin Industries, Sega/Gremlin
- Publisher
- Quicksilva, Sega
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- shooter game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Q122741
- Developer
- Q122741
- Platform
- arcade video game machine
- Game mode
- single-player video game
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- input device
- push-button
- CPU
- Zilog Z80
- publication date
- 1981-12-31
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