| 📰 Title: | Cosmosmash | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Game |
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| 🗃️ Genre: | Arcade | 🚦 Status: | 04. Released (status) |
| 🏷️ Category: | Arcade ➤ Shooter ➤ Artillery ➤ Paratrooper & Missile Command | 🌍️ Browser version: | |
| 🔖 Tags: | Arcade; Top-Down Shooter; Space Shooter; Missile Command; Asteroids; Sci-fi; Score Attack; 8-bit; Retro; Remake; Classic; Casual | 📦️ Package Name: | cosmosmash |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 2001-12-28 | 📦️ Arch package: | |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2012-07-14 | 📦️ RPM package: |  |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: 1.4.8 | 📦️ Deb package: | |
| 🏛️ License type: | 🕊️ Libre | 📦️ Flatpak package: | |
| 🏛️ License: | GPL-2+ | 📦️ AppImage package: | |
| 🏝️ Perspective: | Side view | 📦️ Snap package: | |
| 👁️ Visual: | Fixed screen | ⚙️ Generic binary: | |
| ⏱️ Pacing: | Real Time | 📄️ Source: | |
| 👫️ Played: | Single | 📱️ PDA support: | |
| 🎖️ This record: |  |
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| 🎀️ Game design: | 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb & Louis | |
| 🎰️ ID: | 10659 | 🐛️ Created: | 2013-04-06 |
| 🐜️ Updated: | 2023-05-16 |
| [en]: | A clone of Astrosmash (1981, on Intellivision console), a shoot them up where UFOs try to destroy the Earth with a rain of projectiles. The player's objective is to score as many points as possible by minimizing the number of projectiles reaching the ground, by shooting (manually or automatically) with the laser cannon that he moves along a rail (vs. Missile Command where the batteries are fixed). The difficulty lies in the increasing speed of the projectiles, their variety and behavior (asteroid rains, some of which split in 2 at the first shot, guided missiles, spinning bombs aka spinner, UFO shots). A cannon is lost if it is hit (as a last resort it can be teleported to a random location) or if a spinner hits the ground. The score increases with the number of targets hit, but decreases by half if the cannon is destroyed (one cannon is gained every 1000 points) or if a meteor hits the ground. The game has 6 levels with changing background color, speed and scoring. Devilish :)). | [fr]: | Un clone d'Astrosmash (1981, sur console Intellivision), un shoot them up où des OVNIS tentent de détruire la Terre d'une pluie de projectiles. L'objectif du joueur est de faire le maximum de points en minimisant le nombre de projectiles atteignant le sol, via le tir (manuel ou automatique) au canon laser qu'il déplace le long d'un rail (vs Missile Command où les batteries sont fixes). La difficulté réside dans la vitesse croissante des projectiles, leur variété et comportements (pluies d'astéroïdes dont certains se divisent en 2 au 1er tir, missiles guidés, bombes tournoyantes aka spinner, tirs d'OVNIS). Un canon est perdu s'il est touché (en dernier recours il peut être téléporté à un endroit aléatoire) ou qu'un spinner atteint le sol. Le score augmente avec les cibles atteintes, mais diminue de moitié si le canon est détruit (un canon est gagné tous les 1000 points) ou qu'un météorite atteint le sol. Le jeu comporte 6 niveaux accompagnés d'un changement de couleur du fond, de la vitesse et de l'attribution des points. Diabolique :)). |
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🕹️ Title: Cosmosmash
🦊️ What's: A clone of Astrosmash (1981), a shoot them up where UFOs try to destroy the Earth with a rain of projectiles
🏡️ http://perso.b2b2c.ca/~sarrazip/dev/cosmosmash.html
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🕶️ A side view of the game area, with at the bottom of the screen the cannon of the player who has just fired 2 bursts of laser cannon and is moving on a green rail, below the score, the previous best score and the number of lives remaining. Above, several types of projectiles (asteroid rain, spinner, guided missiles) during their descent.
Cosmosmash is a clone of Astrosmash (1981, on Intellivision console), a shoot them up where UFOs try to destroy the Earth with a rain of projectiles. The player's objective is to score as many points as possible by minimizing the number of projectiles reaching the ground, by shooting (manually or automatically) with the laser cannon that he moves along a rail (vs. Missile Command where the batteries are fixed). The difficulty lies in the increasing speed of the projectiles, their variety and behavior (asteroid rains, some of which split in 2 at the first shot, guided missiles, spinning bombs aka spinner, UFO shots). A cannon is lost if it is hit (as a last resort it can be teleported to a random location) or if a spinner hits the ground. The score increases with the number of targets hit, but decreases by half if the cannon is destroyed (one cannon is gained every 1000 points) or if a meteor hits the ground. The game has 6 levels with changing background color, speed and scoring. Devilish :)).
📕🐧"A clone of Astrosmash (1981), a shoot them up where UFOs try to destroy the Earth with a rain of projectiles"🐧📕
Cosmosmash is a space rock shooting video game. It is a clone of the 1981 Astrosmash game for the Intellivision by Mattel Electronics.
Game Play
The command cosmosmash runs the game. Use the left and right arrow keys to move, the down arrow key for hyperspace, and P to pause the game and resume it. The Escape key quits the game. If you use GNOME, you should see an entry for Cosmosmash in the Games menu.
Automatic Mode
To use the automatic mode, open a terminal and give this command: cosmosmash --auto
Thanks
Much testing was done by Luce St-Amand, who also contributed to BurgerSpace.
Contact
I can be reached (in French or English) by email at sarrazip at sarrazip dot com. My main Web page is Pierre and his Poor Pathetic Page (or La Petite Page Plate de Pierre in French).
🌍️ Wikipedia:
Astrosmash is a fixed shooter video game for the Intellivision console, designed by John Sohl, and released by Mattel Electronics in 1981. The player uses a laser cannon to destroy falling meteors, bombs, and other targets.
With more than one million copies sold, Astrosmash is among the top five best selling Intellivision games. A free by mail offer, with the purchase of the console, boosted Astrosmash sales. It was also promoted in the United States and Canada via a high score contest where top scorers were flown to Houston for the finals.
An Atari 2600 port was released under Mattel's M Network label as Astroblast.
Plot
The Intellivision game catalog features the exciting caption, "Spin. Blast. And drop into hyperspace to avoid a killer asteroid shower. Power on. Attack computer engaged. Fire a quick burst at the alien antagonists. Got 'em!" The actual package gives a more specific description: "You're in command of a battery of laser guns. You have unlimited ammo and a lot of targets! You can roll up big scores by hitting a spectacular barrage of falling rocks, bombs, guided missiles and attacking UFOs..."
Gameplay

A laser cannon defends the Earth from a meteor shower.
Astrosmash resembles a cross between Space Invaders and Asteroids. 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. Low hills and stars are seen in the background.
There are four types of targets, each of which may move at a range of speeds. As the game advances, the range of speeds for each type of target increases.
The bulk of the targets are meteors, which come in two sizes and various colors. Both sizes fall vertically when entering the screen. Large meteors may be destroyed with a direct hit, or may split into two smaller meteors, which fall diagonally in opposite directions. Small meteors are destroyed with a single hit.
The player must also shoot spinning bombs, or spinners, which are white, come in two sizes, and spin while falling vertically. Each spinner emits a loud whistling sound, which gradually lowers in pitch as it approaches the ground.
Guided missiles appear occasionally as white dots making a pulsing sound, and may fall diagonally toward the player's initial location, or track the laser cannon as it moves left and right. If a missile reaches the ground, it may disappear, or it may continue to track left or right, and can only be avoided by entering hyperspace. The missile may change directions several times before disappearing.
UFOs cross the screen occasionally, beginning at level 4, firing non-guided salvos aimed at the player's laser cannon.
The player loses a laser cannon each time it is hit by a falling meteor, a guided missile, a non-guided salvo, or by shrapnel from a nearby explosion, and any time a spinner reaches the ground, even if it does not strike the gun. Each target hit increases the player's score; it decreases by half as much each time a meteor reaches the ground, or a laser cannon is destroyed. An extra gun is awarded each time the player's peak score increases by 1,000 points.
The game has six levels, each of which features increased speed and scoring. Each level is represented by a differently-colored background. Level 1, up to 999 points, is black; level 2, from 1,000 to 4,999 points, is blue; level 3, from 5,000 to 19,999 points, is purple; level 4, from 20,000 to 49,999 points, is turquoise; level 5, from 50,000 to 99,999 points, is gray; and level 6, above 100,000 points, is black again. Speed continues to increase along with the player's peak score, at 200,000, 500,000, and 1,000,000 points.
The player has the option of firing single shots by pressing the fire buttons, or switching to automatic fire at a rate of three shots per second. The hyperspace option moves the gun to a random location, which may or may not be safer than the starting point. The game can also be paused at any time.
Development
Astrosmash was conceived when a game called Meteor!, an Asteroids clone, did not fill up the ROM space of an entire cartridge. The extra space was used to create a variation of the game called Avalanche! The Meteor! game was cancelled at the last minute, due to concerns that it was too similar to Asteroids. Programmer John Sohl programmed a "branch" around the opening-screen menu, leading directly to the Avalanche! variation, retitled Astrosmash. The games were compatible, since they were designed together, and used the same sprites and sound effects. In rare instances, if the console's reset button is pressed rapidly, an error can occur, resulting in the game starting in the original Meteor! format.
Mattel released the game for the Atari 2600. Renamed Astroblast, it has faster play than the Intellivision original.
Reception
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Un clone du jeu Astrosmash, par Pierre Sarrazin.
En C++.
Cosmosmash est un clone d'Astrosmash (1981, sur console Intellivision), un shoot them up où des OVNIS tentent de détruire la Terre d'une pluie de projectiles. L'objectif du joueur est de faire le maximum de points en minimisant le nombre de projectiles atteignant le sol, via le tir (manuel ou automatique) au canon laser qu'il déplace le long d'un rail (vs Missile Command où les batteries sont fixes). La difficulté réside dans la vitesse croissante des projectiles, leur variété et comportements (pluies d'astéroïdes dont certains se divisent en 2 au 1er tir, missiles guidés, bombes tournoyantes aka spinner, tirs d'OVNIS). Un canon est perdu s'il est touché (en dernier recours il peut être téléporté à un endroit aléatoire) ou qu'un spinner atteint le sol. Le score augmente avec les cibles atteintes, mais diminue de moitié si le canon est détruit (un canon est gagné tous les 1000 points) ou qu'un météorite atteint le sol. Le jeu comporte 6 niveaux accompagnés d'un changement de couleur du fond, de la vitesse et de l'attribution des points. Diabolique :)).
Cosmosmash est un jeu vidéo de tir dans l'espace. Il s'agit d'un clone du jeu Astrosmash de 1981 pour l'Intellivision de Mattel Electronics.
Le jeu
La commande cosmosmash lance le jeu. Utilisez les touches fléchées gauche et droite pour vous déplacer, la touche fléchée du bas pour l'hyperespace et la touche P pour mettre le jeu en pause et le reprendre. La touche Echap permet de quitter le jeu. Si vous utilisez GNOME, vous devriez voir une entrée pour Cosmosmash dans le menu Jeux.
Mode automatique
Pour utiliser le mode automatique, ouvrez un terminal et donnez la commande suivante : cosmosmash --auto
Remerciements
La plupart des tests ont été effectués par Luce St-Amand, qui a également contribué à BurgerSpace.
Contact
Vous pouvez me joindre (en français ou en anglais) par courriel à sarrazip at sarrazip dot com. Ma page Web principale est Pierre and his Poor Pathetic Page (ou La Petite Page Plate de Pierre en français).
🌍️ Wikipedia:
Astrosmash (Astrosmash! sur l'écran titre, L'Astrosmash dans la version pour le Canada francophone) est un jeu vidéo développé et édité par Mattel Electronics, sorti en 1981 sur la console Intellivision. Il a ensuite été porté sur Atari 2600 sous le titre Astroblast, édité par M-Network, et sur l'ordinateur personnel Aquarius.
Système de jeu
Astrosmash reprend des éléments de jeu d'Asteroids, de Space Invaders ou encore de Missile Command. Le joueur dirige un canon laser qu'il peut déplacer sur une ligne tout le long du bas de l'écran, représentant le sol. Il doit tirer pour se défendre d'un déluge de météorites, de bombes tournoyantes et de missiles téléguidés provoqué par des OVNIs. Les météorites sont de tailles différentes. Les petites sont détruites par un coup de laser. Les grandes peuvent être détruites du premier coup ou se scinder en deux petites, qui continuent à tomber vers le sol. Le canon laser est détruit s'il est touché par une météorite ou un missile ou si une bombe tournoyante touche le sol.
Le score augmente pour chaque objet détruit par le laser, mais diminue lorsqu'une météorite touche le sol. Le joueur a ainsi intérêt à ne viser une grosse météorite que lorsqu'il est sûr de pouvoir détruire les deux fragments qui pourraient en résulter, sous peine de perdre plus de points. Le niveau de jeu évolue par palier en fonction du score. La partie commence au niveau « 1X » et le niveau maximal « 6X » est atteint à partir de 100 000 points. La vitesse du jeu augmente elle aussi par palier, particulièrement lorsque le score franchit 100 000, 200 000, 500 000 puis 1 000 000 de points. À partir du niveau « 4X », un nouvel élément entre en jeu : un OVNI traverse épisodiquement le haut de l'écran de jeu, bombardant directement le canon du joueur.
Développement
Astrosmash! est à l'origine conçu comme un clone du jeu d'arcade à succès Asteroids, programmé par John Sohl, et nommé Meteor!. Le jeu n'étant pas très gros, Sohl profite de l'espace supplémentaire disponible sur la cartouche pour ajouter une variante, Avalanche!, utilisant les mêmes graphismes et effets sonores.
Juste avant la mise en fabrication du jeu, Mattel préfère annuler Meteor! par peur de poursuites d'Atari. Pour ne pas risquer d'introduire des bogues en supprimant du code, Sohl ajoute un saut lançant directement la variante Avalanche! depuis l'écran de titre. Le résultat est publié sous le titre Astrosmash. Meteor! reste donc présent sur la cartouche, mais n'est pas exécuté... sauf à l'occasion d'un bogue, très rare, qui se produit lorsqu'on appuie sur le bouton Reset de la console.
Le portage Atari 2600 est programmé par Hal Finney chez APh Technological Consulting.
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