Cosmic Avenger
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Cover art for the ColecoVision port
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| Developer(s) | Universal Entertainment Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Universal Entertainment Corporation |
| Platforms | Arcade, ColecoVision |
| Release date(s) | Arcade:
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| Genre(s) | Horizontal scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Display | Horizontal, raster, standard resolution |
Cosmic Avenger is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Universal Entertainment Corporation and released in 1981. Like Universal's Lady Bug, Cosmic Avenger was not a hit in arcades, but found success and a larger audience as a launch title for the ColecoVision console. It was not ported to other systems.
Reception
Mark Bussler from Classic Game Room notes that Cosmic Avenger is the first continuous horizontal side-scrolling space shooter (though it is actually predated by Konami's Scramble). Cosmic Avenger looks quite well and provides a rewarding challenge to the player.[2]
The ColecoVision version of Cosmic Avenger was reviewed in Video magazine in its "Arcade Alley" column where it was described as "great fun" and as a game that "packs more than enough excitement in its three screens to satisfy any lover of arcade-style action games". Although reviewers noted that the game is "not as free-ranging as [those] in which the ship can scroll left as well as right", it was praised for its "beautiful graphics", and it was suggested that Cosmic Avenger might herald the coming of a "scrolling shootout" trend in home video games.[3] In September 1982, Arcade Express reviewed the ColecoVision version and scored it 9 out of 10.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Cosmic Avenger arcade information at GameFAQs
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