THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE

ASTRO BLASTER

 

PUBLISHER

Quick Silva

 

AUTHOR

John Edwards

 

YEAR

1983

 

DESCRIPTION

Classic Space invaders.

 

CONTROLS:

The keys are:

6- Left

7- Right

0- Fire

 

S- Start

K- Keyboard

 



INSTRUCTIONS

Kill all the invaders. You have no protection to hide, so be

careful, and avoid the meteors.

 

CHEATS

Press 'T' twice while in record.

27422,0

23696,n  lives



SEQUELS/PREQUELS

All the space invaders are sequels or prequels of this one.

As this game is from 1983 (may be before) and 16 Kb, I suppose

this is one of the first of its class.

 

INLAY CARD TEXT

Astro Blaster is a test to your reflex and ability.  Situated in

a mysterious zone of space you have to maneuver your ship to

avoid the attacking hordes.  In your voyage you will find crazy

birds that will try to destroy you, meteor storms,...

 

SCORES RECEIVED

There was no magazines in those times.

 

URL

ftp.nvg.unit.no:/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/????/astrblas.zip

 

GENERAL FACTS

One of the first coin-up conversions, I remember having seen it

in 1982.  Since I bought my Spectrum in 1982, this is one of the

first games I saw.  The game was translated into Spanish by

Indescomp.  Charlie Granados (the author of Fred and Sir Fred)

worked in Indescomp those days, so maybe it was he who did the

translation.

 

NOTES

Still a classic, I enjoy playing it. What else can you ask for

a 16 Kg game?  What else can yo ask for aa 8 Kb game?

 














































