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!
Bally Pin was considered the best pinball simulation ever offered for any home gaming system at the time. The game is played with two joysticks by up to four players. Each player is given 5 balls. Players earn points by using the flippers to hit the bumpers, drop targets, upper kicker targets, and spinner
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.
This cancelled first-party Astrocade game was released in very limited quantities by New Image in late 1985.
Virtually a Pac-Man clone, Muncher incorporates a little of everything from its seed of inspiration, from the layout of the original maze, to the power-pellets', to the ghostly enemies, all found in the original Pac-Man.
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.
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.
Top down space shooter
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.
The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. It is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves.
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.
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.