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Slymoids

You're a cowboy fighting off the Slymoids with your gun. They're coming in from the horizon and from the sky. When coming in from they sky they move about from side to side as they slowly descend to the bottom…

1 February 1984

Slymoids is an arcade, released 1 February 1984 on Texas Instruments TI-99.

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What Slymoids is

Slymoids was released in 1984. It was published by Texas Instruments Incorporated. It is available on Texas Instruments TI-99 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You're a cowboy fighting off the Slymoids with your gun. They're coming in from the horizon and from the sky. When coming in from they sky they move about from side to side as they slowly descend to the bottom of the play field. You can shoot up in the air at the flying Slymoids, or left and right at the ground dwelling Slymoids once they've reached the front of the screen where you walk to the left or right on the ground. As you play, the game follows you to the left and right, scrolling through each of the three locations you can play in: along the coast line, in the city, and in the cavern. The cavern has an extra bit as they add strange live dropping stalactites that follow you once…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Slymoids launched on 1 February 1984, within three weeks of Boulder Dash and Punch-Out!!.

Released around the same time: Boulder Dash, Punch-Out!!.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Slymoids come out?
Slymoids was released on 1 February 1984 for Texas Instruments TI-99.

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