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!
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.
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.
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.
A clone of Blockade.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.