2007 · Shoot 'em up · Shooter

AstroMenace

Immerse into a decisive battle against tons of cunning foes, face the terrifying bosses and protect your homeland throughout 15 diverse levels of the game. The hardcore gameplay of AstroMenace, packed with pure non-stop action, will become a full scale test for your basic instinct of survival.

Released: 19 September 2007
Platforms: Linux Windows macOS
Genres: Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Languages: English

About

AstroMenace is a 3D scrolling shooter, developed and published by Russian independent game developer Viewizard.

Keywords

open-source
space
scrolling shooter

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game has 13 levels, within which, money and experience points are earned by destroying enemy aliens, pirates, or meteorites. Using this money, the player can purchase from a selection of 22 ship types, 19 weapons, and 20 ship upgrades.

Development

In 2006, Viewizard's developer Mikhail Kurinnoi began beta development of AstroMenace. The Windows version was offered for $14.95 as shareware early access title, having a free downloadable test version, but a Linux version was offered as donationware.

After full release in February 2007, Viewizard sold the Windows version directly from their website for $19.95.

Reception

In December 2007 the UK magazine Linux Format rated AstroMenace with 8/10 credits. In 2008 a Full Circle magazine review named Astromenace among a list of "Top 5 space games". In a 2010 Unixmen.com review, the Linux version was received favourably, with them noting that the game was "graphically unique". In 2011 Unixmen.com placed Astromenace as number one in their "19 Awesome Open Source Games for Linux" list. Linux For You ranked AstroMenace 4/5 in September 2009.