Abductor
Abductor is a side view single screen shooter where you control a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen, moving left or right, and you have to blast and destroy all aliens that appear in various formations…
1 February 1982
Abductor is an arcade developed by Llamasoft LTD, released 1 February 1982 on Commodore VIC-20.
What Abductor is
Abductor is an arcade game developed by Llamasoft LTD and released in 1982. It is available on Commodore VIC-20 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Abductor is a side view single screen shooter where you control a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen, moving left or right, and you have to blast and destroy all aliens that appear in various formations above. Below your craft are six humans and you must stop them being taken by swooping aliens to the top of the screen and if they reach the top, they turn into skulls and fall down the screen. If you are hit by an alien or falling skull then you lose one of three lives but if you lose all the humans then it is game over.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Abductor launched on 1 February 1982, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug.
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When did Abductor come out?
Abductor was released on 1 February 1982 for Commodore VIC-20.
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