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Cosmic Swarm [Model CM003]

Atari 2600 cart. published 42 years ago by CommaVid, Inc.

Listed in MAME

Cosmic Swarm [Model CM003] screenshot

Cosmic Swarm © 1982 CommaVid

You are at the Waypoint Interstellar Trade Depot, a quiet outpost in space, when suddenly a dormant group of alien, mineral-eating termites awakens. They then begin haphazardly making their nest.

Using your probe ship, you must destroy the termites and their nest blocks. You simply fire at the termites to destroy them but their nest blocks must be energized before you can destroy them. To energize a nest block, you must hit a block while a termite is still carrying it. This will energize all the blocks on the screen.

If you shoot a termite that is not carrying a block or if one is carrying a block but you only hit the termite, all the blocks will not be energized and not be damageable. If you run into a block, energized or not, or are touched by a termite, you lose a life.

Every so often, a refuel ship travels down and then back up the left or right side of the screen. You must dock with it (touch it) before it gets back to the top or the game ends, no matter how many lives you have left.

TECHNICAL

Model CM003

TRIVIA

Known as "Angriff der Termiten" in Germany.

SCORING
Hitting a termite that is NOT carrying a block 1 point.
Hitting a termite that is carrying a block
--if the bottom of the block is NOT hit 2 points.
--if the bottom of the block is hit 3 points.
Hitting an energized (red) block 1 point.
By scoring properly, an observant and skillful player can earn bonus points 100 or 200 at a time. These bonus points do not, however, count toward earning extra probe ships.
STAFF

Programmer: John Bronstein

SOURCES

Game's ROM.