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.
A two player game of skill and strategy as you try to knock out your enemy's gun emplacement. New random terrain in each battle!
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.
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.
Dog Patch is a shooting game in which the player tries to repeatedly hit a can while it is airboorne.
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.
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.
Seawolf! From deep beneath the sea, you fire your torpedoes at the tankers, battleships and other targets. Your mission is to sink more enemy ships than any other sub in the wolf pack. Its a race against time and other subs in your own navy. Missile! Launch guided missiles against cargo planes, bombers and fighters! Two complete games. Hours of fun! 1 or 2 players.
This cancelled first-party Astrocade game was released in very limited quantities by New Image in late 1985.
A very rare and unique third-party release for the Bally Astrocade which used a custom analog controller. The game is a close version of Missile Command, with the most significant difference being that space ships move around on the screen and fire the missiles directed to the player's missile bases.
The player controls a small vessel, which must travel through a trench while avoiding laser fire, similar to the scene from Star Wars. The player's ship can move in all directions, and the difficulty determines how often lasers fire. After getting close to the end of the trench, the game transitions to targeting mode, where the player must align a targeting box to destroy the Death Star.
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.
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 Pirate's Chase, one or two players attempt to gather as many doubloons spread out on a beach as they can, while avoiding the spirit of Long John Silver.
Two or four players can compete head-to-head in Football for the Bally Astrocade.