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Mega Apocalypse cover

1987 · Arcade · Shoot 'em up

Mega Apocalypse

Nintendo console exclusive

It is the sequel to Crazy Comets. The game involves repetitively shooting planets and moons as they grow in size and threaten to collide with the player's space ship. The game is noted for its Rob Hubbard music, fast paced action and 2 player co-op game play.

Released
1987
Platforms
Amstrad CPCCommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXSNESZX Spectrum
Genres
ArcadeShoot 'em upShooter
Developers
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Publishers
Martech Games
Modes
Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
United Kingdom
Composers
Rob Hubbard

About

Mega Apocalypse is a microcomputer video game in the genre multidirectional shooter, written by Simon Nicol for the Commodore 64 and ported to the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. It is the sequel to Crazy Comets. Both games are clones of Gottlieb's 1983 arcade video game Mad Planets; Mega-Apocalypse adds two players simultaneous multiplayer. The music is by Rob Hubbard.

Keywords

  • shoot 'em up
  • planet

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Commodore C64/128/MAX31 December 1987Europe
ZX Spectrum31 December 1988Europe
Amstrad CPC31 December 1988Europe

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