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Gravitron

GraviTron is a side-scrolling game in the style of Thrust and Lunar Lander. The objective is to navigate a spaceship over different planets, and destroy the reactors located there. The spaceship can rotate…

23 December 2006

Gravitron is an arcade developed by Dark Castle Software, released 23 December 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gravitron is

Gravitron is an arcade game developed by Dark Castle Software and released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

GraviTron is a side-scrolling game in the style of Thrust and Lunar Lander. The objective is to navigate a spaceship over different planets, and destroy the reactors located there. The spaceship can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise as well as thrust forward, to avoid the pulling force of gravity. The spaceship can also fire lasers straight ahead and wrap itself in a protective shield which also deflects enemy fire. Points are awarded for the number of enemies destroyed, with higher scores given for using the shield deflection. Additionally, each planet has a number of spacemen walking the surface who can be rescued for extra points. In order to make the rescue, the player simply has to…
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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.

What it launched against

Gravitron launched on 23 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

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When did Gravitron come out?
Gravitron was released on 23 December 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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