Astron Belt
The player controls a lone spacecraft on a mission to singlehandedly take down the entire enemy armada. Enemy fighters and ships shoot at the player, and there are mines and other objects that must be shot or…
Astron Belt is an arcade developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 1 May 1983 on Arcade and MSX.
What Astron Belt is
Astron Belt is an arcade game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1983. It was published by Laser Disc Corporation. It is available on Arcade and MSX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player controls a lone spacecraft on a mission to singlehandedly take down the entire enemy armada. Enemy fighters and ships shoot at the player, and there are mines and other objects that must be shot or avoided. The game is divided into waves. At the end of each wave is a command ship that must be destroyed. In later waves the enemy fighters move and shoot more aggressively, and their shots are more accurate. Some waves take place in open space, while others require the player to battle enemies while flying through narrow trenches and tunnels. The player is on a timer at the beginning of the game, with an unlimited number of lives available. The length of the timer can be adjusted by…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Astron Belt launched on 1 May 1983, within three weeks of Jetpac, Star Wars and Manic Miner.
Released around the same time: Jetpac, Star Wars, Manic Miner.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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