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Explorers of Space

Explorers of Space is a portable electronic LCD game released by Elektronika in 1989. The game is a clone of Nintendo's Game & Watch handheld LCD game Egg (1981) but set in space.

31 December 1989

Explorers of Space is an arcade developed by Elektronika, released 31 December 1989 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Explorers of Space is

Explorers of Space is an arcade game developed by Elektronika and released in 1989. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A landed spaceship is attacked by enemy ships from four directions. The player must move the shield accordingly to deflect the missiles.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Explorers of Space launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did Explorers of Space come out?
Explorers of Space was released on 31 December 1989 for Handheld Electronic LCD.

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