The Next Space
The Next Space is a vertically scrolling Shoot 'em Up released in 1989 by SNK for Arcades. The game is a typical scrolling shooter, with two buttons used for the primary shot and secondary shot respectively…
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1 June 1989
The Next Space is a shooter, released 1 June 1989 on Arcade.
What The Next Space is
The Next Space was released in 1989. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Next Space is a vertically scrolling Shoot 'em Up released in 1989 by SNK for Arcades. The game is a typical scrolling shooter, with two buttons used for the primary shot and secondary shot respectively. Red capsules will leave "S" icons which will raise the ship's speed. Along the way the player will also find blue capsules which will release power-ups which equip different secondary shots into the ship. There are nine different secondary shots available, each represented by a different letter. By shooting the power-up icons the player will cycle between the letters, allowing to equip the desired weapon. Weapons don't stack, so picking up more icons of the same letter won't raise the…
How it was received
The Next Space holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70.
What it launched against
The Next Space launched on 1 June 1989, within three weeks of Tennis and Super Dodge Ball. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Tennis, Super Dodge Ball.
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When did The Next Space come out?
The Next Space was released on 1 June 1989 for Arcade.
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