Astro Wars - from GRANDSTAND - Completed - Part 1

Hi all, this is some pictures and a video (in two parts) of me playing and completing THE greatest electronic game in history.... 'Astro Wars' (this game trounces all over Space Invaders lol). The game has a superb docking manoeuvre, which is not always easy to do (a bit hit 'n miss shall we say..HA, see what I did there? :-D ), and you need to achieve a score of 10,000 points to complete the game. This version i'm playing on here, was originally released in 1981, and has the white Astro Wars/Grandstand logo. There was an earlier release which had red logos, although the lettering is the only difference in both versions, the actual game remains exactly the same in both. For anyone wanting more info on Astro Wars, please do a Google or Wikipedia search. Hope you enjoy hearing and seeing this, it's an absolutely fantastic game, with wonderful sounds, and is still a joy to play all these years later, and is indeed a great collectors item too, which i'm glad I was able to re-purchase again a few years back, thanks to bidding and winning this very one in the video from eBay. Enjoy folks! :)

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Astro
• Wars
• Grandstand
• Electronic
• Game
• 80's

[stellastey]

omfg i feel 10 again seeing this brilliant game,the nights i spent playing this under my blanket and getting stressed out with the docking stage lol.

[Ironlord2015]

@stellastey Happy days dude ;)

[07mcnallyl]

i have one of those its rotting in my cuboard :D im gonna need some c cell batteries

[Ironlord2015]

Get it out that cupboard...get those batteries sorted, and get playing it...RESPECT THE ASTRO WARS MAN! ;)

[MarkBamford]

Totally awesome post from Ironlord2015. Great memories of this at christmas from the 80s. Especially those tunes and I had forgotten that there was a docking phase! I can hear Madness and Flying Pickets on in the background in my memory whilst playing this game.!! Fantastic post. Thanks again.

[Ironlord2015]

Much appreciated mate. Glad you enjoyed the vid, and that it stirs up some great memories from childhood etc. It does exactly the same for me, wish I could go back there and re-live it to be honest, things were FAR better back then let's face it. Along with Action Man (original and much HARDER eagle eyed version, not the modern puffy version lol), and Lego, and my trusty Commodore 64's, Amiga's etc etc, the mighty Astro Wars is up there with the best. Cheers :-D

[ReelSmartGameplay]

that was a great trip down memory lane i can stil remember how the screen felt it was concave a first in handhelds.thanks.great times...

[ludlowish]

god i loved this when i was little

[greenyman21]

@stellastey loved this granstand stuff as a kid !!

[celt67]

Man.....,it's all flooding back. 

[zombiemod]

I still got that game in my cupboard!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonder if it works???

[spearmarine]

I always had problems with the docking stage......

[dragonnutds]

hmm, the only problem i see with this game is that the screen goes blank whenever it has to think, other than that it looks awsome

[nuttycomputer4u]

Classic 80's Gaming, I remember owning one of these Galaxion type games.. Thanks for uploading this video Ironlord2015

Respect !!