Popular games for platform Bally Astrocade
Wizard of Wor is an action-oriented game for one or two players. The game takes the form of several maze-like dungeons infested with monsters. The players' characters, called Worriors, have to kill all the monsters. Player one has yellow Worriors, on the right, and player two has blue Worriors, on the left. In a two-player game, the players are also able to shoot each other's Worriors, earning bonus points and causing the other player to lose a life. Team-oriented players can successfully advance through the game by standing back-to-back (such as in a corner) and firing at anything that comes at them.
Old west theme shoot-out. Using simple graphics, two cowboys one on the left and one on the right move up down, left and right trying to get a clear shot avoiding cactus at the other.
Dog Patch is a shooting game in which the player tries to repeatedly hit a can while it is airboorne.
This bowling game was a first-party game by Astrovision developed in 1981-1982 which only made it to the prototype stage. After Astrovision/Astrocade's bankrupcy the game was released in limited quantities by New Image in late 1985.
In this Galaxian-inspired shooter for the Bally Astrocade, the player controls a cannon that scrolls left and right across the bottom of the screen and shoots at descending enemies.
This soccer game for the Astrocade was developed in 1982 but did not see release at the time. In 1985 the unreleased prototype finally went into production and was released in limited quantities by Mike White Software.
The title was named after the US advertising campaign for the Datsun 280Z. Players can drive up to 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) while navigating a tricky road course at night. Players must watch out for treacherous turns, nasty competitors, and the ever-present time limit. It is one of the earliest games, if not the earliest, with authorized branding.
Elementary math / Bingo Math is a collection of two educational math games. The game helps improve skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Points are awarded based on speed and math problems get harder the higher the current score. Difficulty adjusts automatically to player skill.
Two or four players can compete head-to-head in Football for the Bally Astrocade.
The rarest game for the Bally Astrocade. Despite its name and the protagonist's appearance, this 1983 release is quite a bit different from the Pac-Man series.
A clone of Blockade.
In Treasure Cove, the player collects valuable coins littered across the floor of the ocean while avoiding fish, turtles, an octopus, and other sea-faring obstacles.
Space Fortress lets you control a mid-screen base while defending it from enemies emerging from each of the four edges of the screen.
Mazeman is a Pac-Man clone with some variations. There are twelve different mazes and the ghosts switches from pursuit to random behavior more often than in Pac-Man. It was released on cartridge in very limited quantities in 1984 by Dave Carson Software.
A surreptitious video game rehash of the Death Star trench sequence from Star Wars, the player controls an X-Wing shaped aircraft firing at a TIE-Fighter (human or CPU controlled). Before starting out a maximum score (1-999) is entered and the player that first reaches it wins the game. A single hit is enough to bring down the enemy ship and it is worth one point.
Prevent your firebase from taking damage by defending it from all angles. Well... four angles, anyway.