Astro Blaster
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…
Astro Blaster is an arcade developed by Gremlin Industries, released 1 March 1981 on Arcade and ZX Spectrum.
What Astro Blaster is
Astro Blaster is an arcade game developed by Gremlin Industries and released in 1981. It was published by Quicksilva. It is available on Arcade and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 ship is met, where the player docks and refuels for the next sector. Also, the player is rewarded…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Astro Blaster launched on 1 March 1981, within three weeks of Defender and Asteroids Deluxe.
Released around the same time: Defender, Asteroids Deluxe.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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