Escape from Arcturus
Escape from Arcturus consist of two distinct action games: During the first part the player has to shoot down torpedoes which are launched from all four directions at the space fortress situated in the middle…
Escape from Arcturus is an arcade, released 31 December 1981 on Apple II.
What Escape from Arcturus is
Escape from Arcturus was released in 1981. It was published by Synergistic Software, Inc.. It is available on Apple II only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Escape from Arcturus consist of two distinct action games: During the first part the player has to shoot down torpedoes which are launched from all four directions at the space fortress situated in the middle of the screen. During the second part, the player has to defend several waves of incoming enemy spacecraft.
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
Escape from Arcturus launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
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