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BBC Microcomputer System

AstroBlaster

2015 1 Players 89% Not Rated

A fairly well-made clone of the 1981 Sega arcade game Astro Blaster. Developed by Richard "Tricky" Broadhurst and published as a free to download game by Retro Software in 2016. It even uses sampled speech from the actual arcade machine but only works if you have a sideways speech RAM expansion on your BBC Micro.

Release date
December 31, 2015
Developer
Richard Broadhurst
Publisher
Retro Software
Players
1

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AstroBlaster

A fairly well-made clone of the 1981 Sega arcade game Astro Blaster. Developed by Richard "Tricky" Broadhurst and published as a free to download game by Retro Software in 2016. It even uses sampled speech from the actual arcade machine but only works if you have a sideways speech RAM expansion on your BBC Micro.

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Shooter

Modes

Single Player

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Developer
Richard Broadhurst
Publisher
Retro Software

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Release date

WorldwideDecember 31, 2015 · Not Rated

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