"AstroSmash" for the Mattel Aquarius computer

[sarahstitchtastic]

Thanks for taking me back to my childhood! I had an Aquarius when I was nine years old and had Utopia, Astrosmash and Tron Deadly Discs and they still look great today. I never thought when I was sitting at my desk back then that I would be sitting at my desk now working on a computer all day every day, instead of just using them for fun. Even my mum was addicted to my Aquarius games and still talks about them today!

[123stephenno]

This is actually good compared to its time i have both and they are both quite the same i guess this was not good to u guys but still they were almost the same the ship and backround looks the same its just the rocks and spinny thingy magigs

[pokerjet]

The game, in of itself, is rather playable and enjoyable. Comparing it to the INTV counterpart, it does lack, but only due to the fact you can't program graphics into the Aquarius.

[starblazers1969]

Does the game go as fast as Intellivision on the later stages?

[MattelAquarius]

Yes, it gets to be quite a twitcher on the higher levels. You're basically just trying to do token meteor sweeping in between dodging a constant barrage of smart bombs and spinners. A constant ready finger on the hyperspace button is a must. It's a blast.

[starblazers1969]

This looks good. One of the best games for this computer.

[sinistermoon]

This looks very close to the Intellivision version. Very awesome.

[Atomicskull]

Aquarius didn't have programmable graphics, you had to use images from it's internal graphics ROM. If that sounds like it would suck it's because it did.

[MattelAquarius]

Really? I find both versions to be comparable.

[baroncalamity]

I had this game. This was so disappointing compared to the intellivision version.