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Planet Smashers

Planet Smashers finally delivered an original 2D Shooter to the Pro System late in its life. Your spaceship, which oddly looks like an airplane, has the grave task of defending Earth from an alien armada…

31 December 1990

Planet Smashers is a shooter developed by James Zalewski, released 31 December 1990 on Atari 7800.

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What Planet Smashers is

Planet Smashers is a shooter game developed by James Zalewski and released in 1990. It was published by Atari Corporation. It is available on Atari 7800 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Planet Smashers finally delivered an original 2D Shooter to the Pro System late in its life. Your spaceship, which oddly looks like an airplane, has the grave task of defending Earth from an alien armada. Planet Smashers has some nice features like level warp codes, laser upgrades, cloaking devices, and interesting bosses. You even have the burden of defending Earth's shield from asteroids and alien ships. The back of the box boasts, "awesome sound effects", but the main laser noise is mind-numbingly irritating. After you defeat the game, you are treated to a text ending commanding you to play Alien Brigade, which makes little sense since you just defeated the alien mothership.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Planet Smashers launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Planet Smashers — frequently asked questions

When did Planet Smashers come out?
Planet Smashers was released on 31 December 1990 for Atari 7800.

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