Achieved at : 2024-12-22
Rank : 1
(world record)
Lups : 200
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2024-12-25
| General Rules: |
Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, auto-fire (when not default present in-game), emulator save states, or other emulator advantages. No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
| Specific Rules: | Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings |
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Astro Blast is a fixed shooter arcade game for the Dragon 32. It was released by Dragon Data in the UK in 1982 or 1983. This game was originally released by Mark Data Products for the TRS-80 CoCo in 1982. Because the Dragon 32 is very similar in its hardware, it was common for CoCo software to be ported to the Dragon as well.
This game is a close copy of the 1979 arcade game Astro Fighter from Data East. Your ship at the bottom of the screen has to shoot waves of fighters that move slowly down the screen, firing as they go. If any fighters in the fleet get passed you, then the whole fleet attacks again from the top of the screen. Unfortunately you have a limited fuel supply, so you cannot afford for many of the attack waves to get by you. You do get a chance to refuel by shooting a mothership that appears after a few waves, you can then dock with it and refuel. After that you get to do it all again, but it is a bit harder.
This game is ok. It would have been better rated at the time as the graphics are not bad by the standards of the day, the game moves quite smoothly and there is some animation - such as on your exhaust. Sound is alright and so is the gameplay, though it is very samey so I am not sure how much replay value it would have had.
This run was made using the XRoar emulator running as a UK Dragon 32 (PAL). The date of play was the 22nd December 2024, the Skill Level was set at Astro Pilot (the default) and the score reached was 2,575 points.
Time stamps:
00:30 Title screen, Skill Level Astro Pilot.
00:33 Game start. The game is in black and white, but you can get a colour setting in the XRoar emulator, so you will see those versions online too. It is the same game.
00:53 First shield lost.
01:01 Second shield lost.
01:02 Wave 1 destroyed.
01:24 Wave 2 destroyed.
01:48 Third shield destroyed. Game Over! Final score 2,575.
This game is a close copy of the 1979 arcade game Astro Fighter from Data East. Your ship at the bottom of the screen has to shoot waves of fighters that move slowly down the screen, firing as they go. If any fighters in the fleet get passed you, then the whole fleet attacks again from the top of the screen. Unfortunately you have a limited fuel supply, so you cannot afford for many of the attack waves to get by you. You do get a chance to refuel by shooting a mothership that appears after a few waves, you can then dock with it and refuel. After that you get to do it all again, but it is a bit harder.
This game is ok. It would have been better rated at the time as the graphics are not bad by the standards of the day, the game moves quite smoothly and there is some animation - such as on your exhaust. Sound is alright and so is the gameplay, though it is very samey so I am not sure how much replay value it would have had.
This run was made using the XRoar emulator running as a UK Dragon 32 (PAL). The date of play was the 22nd December 2024, the Skill Level was set at Astro Pilot (the default) and the score reached was 2,575 points.
Time stamps:
00:30 Title screen, Skill Level Astro Pilot.
00:33 Game start. The game is in black and white, but you can get a colour setting in the XRoar emulator, so you will see those versions online too. It is the same game.
00:53 First shield lost.
01:01 Second shield lost.
01:02 Wave 1 destroyed.
01:24 Wave 2 destroyed.
01:48 Third shield destroyed. Game Over! Final score 2,575.