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Fobos

Space beetles are attacking your space stations and you are the only hope for defending it. You are driving an unarmed space craft, which hovers over the playfield, which consists of squares. You can only move…

31 December 2003

Fobos is an arcade, released 31 December 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Fobos is

Fobos was released in 2003. It was published by Alawar Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Space beetles are attacking your space stations and you are the only hope for defending it. You are driving an unarmed space craft, which hovers over the playfield, which consists of squares. You can only move from one square to another, and only horizontal or vertical. But you are able to fly short ranges, crossing chasms that way.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Fobos launched on 31 December 2003, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, NFL Street, Sonic Heroes and Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, NFL Street, Sonic Heroes, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004.

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When did Fobos come out?
Fobos was released on 31 December 2003 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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