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Spectre

A Pac-Man variant in which the player moves this time through a split screen 2D/3D-maze collecting dots and avoiding the deadly Questers. Written by Bob Flanagan and Scott Miller and published by Datamost for…

31 December 1982

Spectre is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on Apple II.

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What Spectre is

Spectre was released in 1982. It was published by Datamost. It is available on Apple II only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Pac-Man variant in which the player moves this time through a split screen 2D/3D-maze collecting dots and avoiding the deadly Questers. Written by Bob Flanagan and Scott Miller and published by Datamost for the Apple II computers.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Spectre 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 Spectre come out?
Spectre was released on 31 December 1982 for Apple II.

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