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Cosmic Swarm

Close to your outpost in space a group of dormant space termites awkens and starts building a nest. You try to stop the invasion and destroy the would-be nests the termites are building. In shooting the…

31 December 1982

Cosmic Swarm is an arcade developed by CommaVid, Inc., released 31 December 1982 on Atari 2600.

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What Cosmic Swarm is

Cosmic Swarm is an arcade game developed by CommaVid, Inc. and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Close to your outpost in space a group of dormant space termites awkens and starts building a nest. You try to stop the invasion and destroy the would-be nests the termites are building. In shooting the invaders you can destroy them, however, you cannot get rid off the already placed nest blocks as easily since they have to be energized before they can be destroyed. In order to achieve this, you have to shoot a nest block while it is still being carried by the approaching termites. If you have accomplished that the already placed blocks can be shot down - at least until you hit a termite's body and the placed nest blocks will de-energized again.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Cosmic Swarm launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Cosmic Swarm come out?
Cosmic Swarm was released on 31 December 1982 for Atari 2600.

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