Chris-in-NJ Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Only my second game ever since getting the game a few days ago, I managed to break 100,000 on the harder version, with the right difficulty switch on 'A'. I still have 8 ships left and a thumb sore from holding down the paddle fire button! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 try to play it with a regular joystick controller. about the only way i know of to boost the difficulty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I agree. I haven't played it since it came out on Intellivision originally, and just last year I bought that Activision pack and started playing it again and boy, I was playing a long long time and showed no signs of ending the game. Eventually I just shut it out of boredom. I didn't remember being that easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 If you think the 2600 version is easy, try Astrosmash on the Intellivision. It is even hard to die on purpose in that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Ken Uston called the early rounds of Astrosmash on the Intellivision "electronic whittling." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-in-NJ Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 I've just had an idea: why not play again, get 100,000, and then try to take my score back down to 0 before I run out of ships? To do this, I'd have to keep shooting the spinners, of course, but nothing else. Could I do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 If you think the 2600 version is easy, try Astrosmash on the Intellivision. It is even hard to die on purpose in that one! You ain't kidding, the INTV version might be the easiest shooter of all time. It takes upwards of an hour before it gets interesting and I think the difficulty is only increasing because I'm fighting to stay awake at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mental Vortex Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 If you think the 2600 version is easy, try Astrosmash on the Intellivision. It is even hard to die on purpose in that one! You're not kidding. When I was a kid we used to play Astrosmash all the time and often get to at least 30,000 or so before we lost our first life. When I got Astroblast back in the mid 90s (one of the first games I got when I started collecting) I think I got to about 50,000 before losing a guy. Definitely one of the easier games they made, but still a LOT of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I love both versions. I haven't played Astroblast very much yet(I just got it), but I get clobbered at around 20,000. Eventually, granted a long time, I get wiped out in Astrosmash too. But again, I love em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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