Blasto (arcade game)

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Blasto
Screenshot of Blasto
Developer(s) Gremlin
Publisher(s) Gremlin
Platform(s) Arcade Game
Release date 1978 (Arcade)
Genre(s) Puzzle game
Mode(s) Single player, 2-player
Input methods 4-way Joystick, 1 Buttons
Cabinet Horizontal
CPU 8080
Sound Samples, Discrete
Display Raster, 256 x 224 pixels, 2 colors

Blasto is a 1978 arcade game by Gremlin. The player controls a spaceship and must maneuver it through a mine field. The player tries to beat the clock to destroy all the mines. The World Champion for this game according to Twin Galaxies Official Electronic Scoreboard Bert Ankrom is the World Champion at the Blasto arcade game with a verified score of 8,730 points.[1]

According to the Killer List of Videogames, it is considered very rare.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=4051&vi=10233
  2. ^ Blasto entry at the KLOV