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Pentasma

Pentasma is a side-scrolling arcade shooter inspired by Williams Electronics' 1981 classic 'Defender'. Protect The terraforming Humanoids from the deadly Aliens and raid the Alien planets to keep the galaxy…

31 January 2020

Pentasma is an arcade developed by Hijong Park, released 31 January 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pentasma is

Pentasma is an arcade game developed by Hijong Park and released in 2020. It was published by PsychoFlux Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on GameMaker: Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In The year 2846, The earth has become completely inhabitable and Few survived people went to space. With the advanced robot technonogy, Humans created Terraforming Humanoids to produce the planets that can support human life. Unfortunately, The aliens who were also looking for their new planet started to attack Humanoids and robbed the planets or completely destroyed them. To deal with it, Humans created Pentasma - The plasma-powered space jet armed with Deadly lasers, smartbombs, and also tractor beams to protect the Terraforming Humanoids.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Pentasma launched on 31 January 2020, within three weeks of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dreams, Besiege and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

Released around the same time: Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dreams, Besiege, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Pentasma come out?
Pentasma was released on 31 January 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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