Astro Grover (1983) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Astro Grover

Astro Grover (along with Muppet Go-Round and Big Bird’s Hide and Seek) was part of Atari’s planned children’s line of games for the Atari 5200. These titles would have utilized the 5200 Kid’s Controller, which…

8 September 1983

What Astro Grover is

Astro Grover is a puzzle game developed by CTW Software Group and released in 1983. It was published by CBS Software. It is available on Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Astro Grover (along with Muppet Go-Round and Big Bird’s Hide and Seek) was part of Atari’s planned children’s line of games for the Atari 5200. These titles would have utilized the 5200 Kid’s Controller, which was actually just a giant keypad that would have easy for children with small hands to use. However, while the 2600 children’s line was released (featuring completely different games), the 5200 games and controller never saw the light of day. The games were however eventually released by CBS on the Atari 8-bit computers and the Nintendo Entertainment System, although some were slightly retooled. As you may have guessed, Astro Grover is an educational game featuring that lovable blue…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are educational and kids.

Where it sits in the Sesame Street series

Astro Grover is the second of 36 entries we hold in the Sesame Street series. It arrived 2 years after Ernie's Quiz. The next entry was Alpha Beam With Ernie in 1983.

See all 36 Sesame Street games in release order →

Astro Grover — frequently asked questions