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Astro Fighter cover
Video game · 1979

Astro Fighter

Released October 1979 on arcade video game machine

Developer
Data East
Publisher
Data East
Made in
Suginami, Japan
Genre
Shooter, Arcade
Themes
Action, Science fiction
IGDB PLAYERS605 ratings

About Astro Fighter

The game of Astro Fighter consists of 4 waves and a refueling stage, which are then repeated with increasingly higher difficulty. The player's task is to eliminate the four successive waves of different types of attacking craft, while avoiding being hit by missiles and bombs, and then refuel by shooting the 'GS' ship before repeating the process. The player starts with 3 lives and receives a bonus life on reaching a score of 5000. 300 bonus points are received for shooting each 6 falling bombs and for 950 for hitting the GS ship accurately on the first shot. A very large bonus of 10,000 is given for getting through 4 waves and refueling by using exactly 2 shots more than the minimum needed.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

arcade video game machineOctober 1979

Screenshots

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Videos

Astro Fighter: Gameplay Video

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.