Astro Blaster
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| Astro Blaster | |||||
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| System(s): Sega G80 | |||||
| Publisher: Sega/Gremlin | |||||
| Developer: Sega/Gremlin | |||||
| Genre: Shoot 'em Up | |||||
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Astro Blaster is an arcade game developed by Sega/Gremlin in 1981.
It is similar to Space Invaders and Galaxian, however features synthesized speech. Also unlike previous games before it, the player must monitor his fuel supply and temperature gauge, to make sure that the ship does not explode or lose its firing ability. The enemies also have varying flight patterns. Older versions of the game were criticised for being too difficult as the large numbers of enemies would mean ship would overheat too quickly. Newer versions of the game were altered to make it more user-friendly.
An Astro Blaster arcade cabinet appears in the Dreamcast game Shenmue, however is marked as "out of order" and cannot be played.