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Megatack

In the first part of each wave, space monsters descend from the top of the screen towards your ship, dropping bombs as they go. If they reach the bottom of the screen, they will start hopping towards your…

31 December 1980

Megatack is an arcade developed by Centuri, released 31 December 1980 on Arcade.

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What Megatack is

Megatack is an arcade game developed by Centuri and released in 1980. It was published by Game Plan. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the first part of each wave, space monsters descend from the top of the screen towards your ship, dropping bombs as they go. If they reach the bottom of the screen, they will start hopping towards your spacepod if they catch your spacepod, they'll eat it. In these rounds, your spacepod fires in three directions simultaneously straight up, and 45 degrees to either side. The eight types of monsters shown in the score table attack in the order shown for the first eight waves (i.e. wave 1 is all 100-point monsters, wave 2 is all 200-point monsters, etc.) wave nine is a mass attack of all eight types, and waves ten and up are randomly-chosen from the first nine types. Each space monster round…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Megatack — frequently asked questions

When did Megatack come out?
Megatack was released on 31 December 1980 for Arcade.
Does Megatack have multiplayer?
Yes. Megatack supports multiplayer.

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