Cavern Crusader
You are in a spaceship and are "cleaning up" a new planet we've found so it's safe to colonize it. Your mission is to destroy all the crazy aliens flying around in the various underground caverns and when…
1 December 1984
Cavern Crusader is a video game, released 1 December 1984 on Apple II.
What Cavern Crusader is
Cavern Crusader was released in 1984. It is available on Apple II only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are in a spaceship and are "cleaning up" a new planet we've found so it's safe to colonize it. Your mission is to destroy all the crazy aliens flying around in the various underground caverns and when they're clear, move on to the next cavern. There are a few different aliens types in the new caverns, but the color of the caverns changes every level. This game is a crude clone of Konami's classic 1981 arcade hit, Scramble. You control your ship with the standard Apple II keys A, Z, arrows, spacebar.
How it plays
Its themes are action.
What it launched against
Cavern Crusader launched on 1 December 1984, within three weeks of 1942, Knight Lore, Vs. Excitebike and Skool Daze.
Released around the same time: 1942, Knight Lore, Vs. Excitebike, Skool Daze.
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When did Cavern Crusader come out?
Cavern Crusader was released on 1 December 1984 for Apple II.