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Meteor Mission

A Lunar Rescue style game where you must drift down through floating asteroids, rescue six astronauts from the surface and return each to the safety of your mothership.

31 December 1984

Meteor Mission is a video game, released 31 December 1984 on BBC Microcomputer System.

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What Meteor Mission is

Meteor Mission was released in 1984. It was published by Acornsoft. It is available on BBC Microcomputer System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Lunar Rescue style game where you must drift down through floating asteroids, rescue six astronauts from the surface and return each to the safety of your mothership.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Meteor Mission launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Meteor Mission gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

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When did Meteor Mission come out?
Meteor Mission was released on 31 December 1984 for BBC Microcomputer System.