Astro Chase

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Astro Chase
Developer(s) First Star Software
Publisher(s) Exidy
Platform(s) Arcade Game, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family
Release date 1982 (Arcade)
Genre(s) Shooter game
Mode(s) Up to 4 players
Input methods 8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons
Cabinet Horizontal
Arcade system Max-A-Flex
CPU M6502, M68705
Sound POKEY, DAC
Display Raster, 336 x 225 pixels, 256 colors

Astro Chase is a scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Exidy in 1982. The player is an astronaut who pilots a saucer-shaped fighter ship against aliens bent on destroying Earth. The ship scrolls in four directions and shoots at the aliens. The game's music was an endless loop of the 1812 Overture. Sixteen mines are placed on the screen. Once the player destroys them all, he or she is able to move to the next level. Every four levels, there is an animation in which the pilot receives a hero's welcome with a parade that grows with each viewing.

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