Publisher: Atari Corporation
Released: 1990
Planet Smashers is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up that's exclusive to the Atari 7800.
- Stages are mind-numbingly tedious, as there's only a handful of enemy types and the pace of gameplay is plodding.
- You can only move within a small vertical window, which often puts you in harms way when trying to grab an item.
- Weapon power-ups are too infrequent and you'll need to be deep into the game to actually see the spread projectile.
- While the first two capsules can be collected fairly quickly, the last one always makes you wait an age before it appears.
- Asteroid areas are pointless time-wasters, and dying at the boss is punishing as you need to replay the entire stage.
- No music to redeem the subdued action, and the SFX of your ship firing will have you reaching for the mute button.
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