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Planetoids

Just like ASTEROIDS - shoot the asteroids and the occasional alien ship.

31 December 1982

Planetoids is a shooter, released 31 December 1982 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Planetoids is

Planetoids was released in 1982. It was published by Psion. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Stay cool and calm and you'll survive the onslaught of passing planetoids. Dodge and swerve using your thrust button, turn on a planetoid... fire! But beware - the alien ship moves fast to destroy you with the cluster bombs. And when it comes to the crunch, use your hyperspace button!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Planetoids launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Planetoids come out?
Planetoids was released on 31 December 1982 for ZX Spectrum.

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