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Space Attack

Space Attack is a 1-player arcade game for the VIC-20. The player controls a small vessel at the bottom of the screen that moves horizontally and fires vertically. Numerous alien vessels approach from the top…

31 December 1982

Space Attack is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on Commodore VIC-20.

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What Space Attack is

Space Attack was released in 1982. It was published by Romik Software. It is available on Commodore VIC-20 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Space Attack is a 1-player arcade game for the VIC-20. The player controls a small vessel at the bottom of the screen that moves horizontally and fires vertically. Numerous alien vessels approach from the top. These vessels move side to side, and fire angled and straight shots. The player gains 10, 20, 30, or 40 points depending on the ship destroyed. Progressively faster aliens appear as the game progresses. There are 3 skill levels, and the player has 3 vessels each game.
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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

Space Attack 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 Space Attack come out?
Space Attack was released on 31 December 1982 for Commodore VIC-20.

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