Astro Tripper is an arcade developed by Pom Pom Games, released 11 December 2008 on PlayStation 3, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Astro Tripper is
Astro Tripper is an arcade game developed by Pom Pom Games and released in 2008. It was published by PomPom. It is available on PlayStation 3, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Astro Tripper is a furious shoot-em-up experience inspired by the painful, knuckle busting video games of years gone by. An evolution of PomPom's 2001 award winning game, Space Tripper. Travel the surface of large horizontally-scrolling platforms, and pit your highly maneuverable craft against hoards of enemies eager to blow you to bits, eat you or worse.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 8 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Astro Tripper holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.6GHZ or better, 512 MB RAM and DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader 2. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Astro Tripper launched on 11 December 2008, within three weeks of Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and Spelunky Classic. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Spelunky Classic.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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