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Astrosmash

In Astrosmash you control a laser canon at the bottom of the screen; your goal is to earn as many points as possible by destroying the various incoming meteors, bombs, and other objects. Points are earned for…

80 15 October 1981

Astrosmash is an arcade developed by Mattel Electronics, released 15 October 1981 on Xbox 360, Intellivision, Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Astrosmash is

Astrosmash is an arcade game developed by Mattel Electronics and released in 1981. It was published by Digiplay. It is available on Xbox 360, Intellivision, Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on J2ME.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Intellivision game catalog features the exciting caption, "Spin. Blast. And drop into hyperspace to avoid a killer asteroid shower. Power on. Attack computer engaged. Fire a quick burst at the alien antagonists. Got 'em!" The actual package gives a more specific description: "You're in command of a battery of laser guns. You have unlimited ammo and a lot of targets! You can roll up big scores by hitting a spectactular barrage of falling rocks, bombs, guided missiles and attacking UFOs..."
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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.

How it was received

Astrosmash holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70.

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When did Astrosmash come out?
Astrosmash was released on 15 October 1981 for Xbox 360, Intellivision, Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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