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Hit as many falling, fast-moving targets as you can. Move your laser base to avoid being hit yourself. Keep shooting as long as your bases last, and try for a great Peak Score!
Game Information
- Game Name: Astroblast
- Released By: M Network, 1982
- Left Difficulty: Your Choice (B/Novice is for manual fire, A/Expert engages autofire)
- Right Difficulty: A / Expert - Accelerated Game Play
- Game Mode: Default
- Chosen By: shadow460
As before, next week's game will be chosen by the next person in the member list, which happens to be LarcenTyler! Please send me a private message with your choice of game for next week!
If you are not a member of the High Score Club, but would like to be, then all you have to do is post a score for this week's game, and I'll add you to the list!
Current High Scores
- 999,990 (SpiceWare) [+11]
- 331,650 (shadow460) [+10]
- 131,200 (Recycled) [+9]
- 56,140 (Numan) [+8]
- 26,603 (keilbaca) [+7]
- 23,370 (the 5th ghost) [+6]
- 13,500 (brendano) [+5]
- 9245 (neotokeo2001) [+4]
- 5410 (scogey) [+3]
- 5255 (Keir) [+2]
- 4100 (arlo) [+1]
- 3550 (Omegamatrix) [+1]
- 2680 (mitsubachi) [+1]
- 2450 (supercat) [+1]
- 2270 (Goochman) [+1]
2270 (khryssun) [+1] - 2120 (LarcenTyler) [+1]
- 1650 (vdub_bobby) [+1]
- 1370 (durden26) [+1]
- 1020 (Mad Scientist) [+1]
- shadow460 [+2]
- Max The Score - Score 999,990 points to get 2 bonus points. (SpiceWare [+2])
- 999,990 (Todd Rogers)
- 999,990 (Ron Corcoran)
- 999,990 (Stephen R Riesenberger)
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The Manual said:
As always, you really should read the manual.
What's that? You don't have the manual? Well, AtariAge happens to have a typed version of it online for your reading pleasure. Here are the tips the manual provides:
- Whenever you have a choice between big and small rocks, shoot at the small ones.
- Don't shoot rocks very close to you - the explosion can blow up your base.
- Remember: if any spinners land, you lose a base. Shoot at them as soon as they appear.
- Don't try to run away from pulsars and UFOs.. Get directly underneath them fast - then shoot!
What's that? You don't have the manual? Well, AtariAge happens to have a typed version of it online for your reading pleasure. Here are the tips the manual provides:
- Whenever you have a choice between big and small rocks, shoot at the small ones.
- Don't shoot rocks very close to you - the explosion can blow up your base.
- Remember: if any spinners land, you lose a base. Shoot at them as soon as they appear.
- Don't try to run away from pulsars and UFOs.. Get directly underneath them fast - then shoot!
Keir said:
If you suck at this game like I do, try avoiding the large rocks alltogether. I found that I would often shoot a large rock and then miss both the small ones it turned into, for a net loss of 50 points (50 - 2 x 50). If I had just let the big one go I only would have lost 25 points.
sku_u said:
My tip for those who struggle with this game is to shoot as many rocks as possible and not to be afraid to die.
I've maxed this one out many times. I'll have to see if I have a chance to do so sometime this week.
I've maxed this one out many times. I'll have to see if I have a chance to do so sometime this week.
shadow460 said:
OK folks, it's time to talk shop.
Rocks: It's been posted that you shouldn't shoot a large rock unless you can wipe out the two smaller ones it forms. Antoher reason to avoid shooting blindly at large rocks is that the two smaller ones could trap you into certain death from a different object.
Try to track one of the smaller rocks with your paddle and keep blasting.
Spinners: There are two types--those that fall freely and those that fall in a clump of rocks. Free falling ones are self explanatory. If one falls in a clump of stone, you'll need to zip under the clump and attempt to kill the spinner.
NEVER let a slow moving rock formation land. If you do, a spinner will fall quickly from the opposite side of it where you can't target it without dying anyway.
If you can't stop a spinner, just keep on wiping out other tagets 'til it lands and you die.
Guided Missiles: Sit still and let these home in for a second. They will zig zag toward you, so you'll need to jitter the paddle a bit ti aim a shot on them. Once they start moving downward to you, blast them. If you can't do this, then move away instead. Remember that you DON'T lose points for these things hitting the ground.
The UFO: Watch for the rocks to stop appearing. When this happens, a UFO will appear. Blast the final few stones, then move to one side or the other. If the UFO appears on the opposite side of the screen, slip between its bombs (you can destroy them if you need to) and track just ahead of it. If it appears on the same side, just start tracking. Either way, you'll teach it a lesson that it will soon forget.
Finally, there are just times when the action gets too tough. That's when you switch from Astroblast mode to Night Driver mode and simply steer around everything you can until you get a break.
Rocks: It's been posted that you shouldn't shoot a large rock unless you can wipe out the two smaller ones it forms. Antoher reason to avoid shooting blindly at large rocks is that the two smaller ones could trap you into certain death from a different object.
Try to track one of the smaller rocks with your paddle and keep blasting.
Spinners: There are two types--those that fall freely and those that fall in a clump of rocks. Free falling ones are self explanatory. If one falls in a clump of stone, you'll need to zip under the clump and attempt to kill the spinner.
NEVER let a slow moving rock formation land. If you do, a spinner will fall quickly from the opposite side of it where you can't target it without dying anyway.
If you can't stop a spinner, just keep on wiping out other tagets 'til it lands and you die.
Guided Missiles: Sit still and let these home in for a second. They will zig zag toward you, so you'll need to jitter the paddle a bit ti aim a shot on them. Once they start moving downward to you, blast them. If you can't do this, then move away instead. Remember that you DON'T lose points for these things hitting the ground.
The UFO: Watch for the rocks to stop appearing. When this happens, a UFO will appear. Blast the final few stones, then move to one side or the other. If the UFO appears on the opposite side of the screen, slip between its bombs (you can destroy them if you need to) and track just ahead of it. If it appears on the same side, just start tracking. Either way, you'll teach it a lesson that it will soon forget.
Finally, there are just times when the action gets too tough. That's when you switch from Astroblast mode to Night Driver mode and simply steer around everything you can until you get a break.
SpiceWare said:
My tip - Use a real paddle. I just tried playing with Stella and got 17,800 using a paddle(the range is different than on the VCS, will take a bit to get used to).
In other words, if you're using an emulator it would be to your advantage to purchase a Stelladaptor before the next paddle game comes up on the HSC.
Ok - there is a glitch around 100K. I imagine it happens around every 100K as I noticed something at 500K.
at 100K I had 33 bases. I purposely killed a few to get my score under 100K. By the time I was back over 100K I had 62 bases!
I did it again and got the bases to 99. They max at 99 - I feel silly now for purposely dieing yesterday the couple times I got in the 90s.
In other words, if you're using an emulator it would be to your advantage to purchase a Stelladaptor before the next paddle game comes up on the HSC.
Ok - there is a glitch around 100K. I imagine it happens around every 100K as I noticed something at 500K.
at 100K I had 33 bases. I purposely killed a few to get my score under 100K. By the time I was back over 100K I had 62 bases!
I did it again and got the bases to 99. They max at 99 - I feel silly now for purposely dieing yesterday the couple times I got in the 90s.
Good luck everyone!
--Ze_ro
IMO the only way to really play this game is with the paddles. The joystick just doesn't move your base fast enough. We should be allowed to use both though, because some people don't have a good working set of paddles readily available.
