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Cosmic Creeps

Your home planet is decaying. In order to survive you must evacuate the Space Kids from their dying planet. During the first section the player has to navigate a kid from the bottom of the screen to the safety…

6 August 1982

Cosmic Creeps is an arcade developed by Telesys, released 6 August 1982 on Atari 2600.

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What Cosmic Creeps is

Cosmic Creeps is an arcade game developed by Telesys and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your home planet is decaying. In order to survive you must evacuate the Space Kids from their dying planet. During the first section the player has to navigate a kid from the bottom of the screen to the safety of the hoverivng space ship at the top of the screen. In doing so he has to dodge several obstacles like plasma or hostile skeeters. After having reached the space ship the player takes control of the ship. While other kids are hunted by skeeters in their attempt to reach the space ship the player tries to protect them in shooting at the skeeters who are pursuing the fleeing kids. Every killed skeeter amounts to 100 points - every saved kid adds another 1500 points to the score. After…
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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.

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When did Cosmic Creeps come out?
Cosmic Creeps was released on 6 August 1982 for Atari 2600.

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