ASTROSMASH® was originally designed for the Intellivision® console in 1981 by John Sohl and quickly became one of the most popular games. It sold more than a million copies and earned a spot as one of the top-5 best-selling Intellivision games ever. The space-themed game has players using a laser cannon to destroy incoming meteors, bombs, and other targets.
In Astrosmash you control a cannon weapon that can scroll left or right along a flat plane in order to target falling objects, such as large or small meteors, large or small spinning bombs, and guided missiles, as well as a UFO that crosses the screen from time to time at higher levels. Low hills and stars are seen in the background.
There are many types of targets, each of which may move at a range of speeds. As the game advances, the range of speeds for each type of target increases.
The game has ten levels, each of which features different objects. Each level is rep...
