
Low hills and stars are seen in the background. The player controls a laser cannon that can scroll left or right along a flat plane in order to target falling objects, such as large or small meteors, large or small spinning bombs, and guided missiles, as well as a UFO that crosses the screen from time to time at higher levels. You have unlimited ammo and a lot of targets! You can roll up big scores by hitting a spectactular barrage of falling rocks, bombs, guided missiles and attacking UFOs.' Astrosmash resembles a cross between the early arcade games Space Invaders and Asteroids. Got 'em!' The actual package gives a more specific description: 'You're in command of a battery of laser guns. Fire a quick burst at the alien antagonists. And drop into hyperspace to avoid a killer asteroid shower.

The Intellivision game catalog features the exciting caption, 'Spin. A port of Astrosmash was released for the Atari 2600 under Mattel's M Network label as Astroblast. It also benefitted from other promotions in the United States and Canada, including a high score contest where top scorers across the United States were flown to Houston for the finals.
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A free by mail offer, with the purchase of a master component, boosted Astrosmash sales figures. With more than one million copies sold, Astrosmash was among the top five best selling Intellivision games.

The game involves using a laser cannon to destroy falling meteors, bombs, and other targets.

Be patient :-)Īstrosmash is a video game for the Intellivision video game console, designed by John Sohl, and released by Mattel Electronics in 1981. Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. If you prefere to use Java applet emulator, please follow this link. This Atari game is emulated by JavaScript only.
