showing 39 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | tags | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droll Attack | T&D Software | ? | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 display-64x32 fixedshooter joystick lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Space Invaders | ? | ? | fixedshooter lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Squeeze | ? | ? | basic fixedshooter joystick keyboard | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Color Space Invaders | Barnett & Bank Bros.;Spectral Associates (Spectral Associates) | 1981 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 cover-destructible fixedshooter joystick lives platformreference score spaceinvaderslike | [b]Additional external review(s):[/b] - The Rainbow, Issue #4 (Vol. 01 No. 04 - October 1981), Rating: Very positive ([url=https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1981-10/page/n7/mode/2up]View[/url])***Color Space Invaders is an exciting, arcade quality game designed especially for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It is written entirely in machine language to obtain the fastest possible action, uses the highest resolution graphics available and does not require Extended Basic. You must defend the earth from the attacking invaders while dodging their bombs. Just when you think you've got them beaten, they speed up and come at you faster. Color Space Invaders has all of the features of the arcade game plus two exciting new ones - a mobile defensive shield will help defend you against the invader's bombs and a mystery invader which zooms in and out of hyperspace. [Carney]*** [138] | labelimagesubject |
| Gauntlet | author | 1981 | fixedshooter score | labelimageminimize | |
| Polaris | Tandy (Device Oriented Games) | 1981 | cartridge coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial finiteammo fixedshooter joystick keyboard license-proprietary missilecommandlike mouse score | Red alert! Enemy missiles are headed straight for six friendly islands. Your orders— defend them with your fleet of three submarines. Intercept waves of smart bombs and multiple warhead missiles before they split up! You must be quick or you're doomed. Keep track of each sub's salvo or you'll run out at the crucial moment. Attack intensifies at each new level of play Compete against yourself or with another "sub commander". [Carney]***This game is featured in a scene in [i]This is Spinal Tap[/i]. No fakery, the real game realistically played, realistically featured. | labelimagesubject |
| Space Assault | Tandy (The Image Producers) | 1981 | alieninvasion cartridge fixedshooter lives score spaceinvaderslike speedup | Because this game uses analog rather than digital control, you can move to a specific spot along the bottom of the screen as fast as you can move the controller. The effect is immediate. No waiting for your ship to get there as with most other Space Invaders clones and derivatives. This greatly speeds up gameplay but also requires more precision. It makes this game one of the showcases for the CoCo's distinctive analog joysticks, but in fact given the one-dimensional and horizontal movement the game is even better suited for a paddle controller which Tandy never released for the CoCo. A third-party accessory maker called Spectrum Projects did make one, though. [Carney]***[media=youtube]kd4nJTANV9I[/media]***[media=youtube]vTTvOv8YgUE[/media]***Your small force is all tnat stands between the enemy hordes and the destruction of our world! As the attack starts, quickly maneuver from behind your protective bunkers and blast away at the invaders. Watch out for enemy missiles — they can knock out your defenders and disintegrate your bunkers! Wipe out the first wave and new waves appear, firing ever more aggressively When you're ready, try the expert level for the ultimate challenge! [Carney]*** [48] | labelimagesubject |
| Star Blaster | Micro Works | 1981 | cartridge coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter joystick license-proprietary lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Starblaster | ? | 1981 | cartridge darkspace fixedshooter joystick keyboard lives score space | labelminimizeminimize | |
| AstroBlast | Mark Data Products | 1982 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 difficulty fixedshooter fuel joystick score | Title screen does not work on Coco 3. | labelimageminimize |
| Color Invaders | Computerware | 1982 | alieninvasion commercial cover cover-destructible coversystem difficulty fixedshooter license-proprietary lives platformreference score spaceinvaderslike | Shoot the invading aliens and occasional UFO for points. Hide behind the destructible shields or fire through them. Aliens reverse direction and advance downward after reaching the edge of the screen. This is a clone of Atari 2600 Space Invaders (not Arcade Space Invaders). It's got all the same difficulty settings and options, the same 6 columns of aliens that speedup based on home many are left, the same UFO, same scoring, and everything is shaped extremely similar to the Atari 2600 version. | labelimageminimize |
| Creatavader | Illustrated Memory Banks | 1982 | fixedshooter spaceinvaderslike | The game was reviewed in contemporary magazines but is still missing.*** [179] | labelminimizeminimize |
| Galactic Attack | Tandy | 1982 | cartridge fixedshooter lives score | The assault is launched! Enemy spaceships peel out of formation and dive bomb your fortification. If you destroy this squadron of 8 ships, the enemy reverts to a special "night" attack. Your video screen changes to an ominous color. But all is not lost. Destroy the first wave of "night" attackers and your points are doubled! So steady your nerves, keep a sharp look-out and start racking up points— the enemy is upon you! [Carney]***[media=youtube]g8felQf2MU8[/media] | labelminimizesubject |
| Galax Attax | Spectral Associates | 1982 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter galaxianlike joystick license-proprietary lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Space Ambush | Computerware | 1982 | 5.25disk cassette commercial fixedshooter galaxianlike joystick keyboard license-proprietary lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Space Raiders | Mark Data Products;Spade Cadet Enterprises | 1982 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter joystick lives score spaceinvaderslike | labelimageminimize | |
| Spider Attack | Ilume Design | 1982 | fixedshooter spaceinvaderslike | The game has been reviewed in contemporary magazines but is still missing.*** [179] | labelminimizeminimize |
| Germ Warfare | T&D Software;Chromasette | 1982 | 5.25disk assemblylang cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter joystick keyboard license-proprietary lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Cosmic Clones | Mark Data Products | 1983 | cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter joystick license-proprietary lives robots score | labelimageminimize | |
| Demon Seed | Computer Shack;Michtron | 1983 | 5.25disk bossbattles cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial compositefoes fixedshooter joystick keyboard license-proprietary lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Devil Assault | Tom Mix Software | 1983 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 fixedshooter joystick lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Galacticans | Softek International (Rainbow Software) | 1983 | fixedshooter galaxianlike lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Kron | Oregon Color Computer Systems | 1983 | 5.25disk arenashooter cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 fixedshooter joystick lives mazeshooter movie multisequence score snakegame spiders tank | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Megapede | Computerware | 1983 | 5.25disk cassette centipedes coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial difficulty fixedshooter fleas giantinsects humanprotagonist joystick license-proprietary lives score spiders worldscale-smaller | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Pooyan | DataSoft | 1983 | anthroprotagonist cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter joystick keyboard license-proprietary lives pigs score wolves | [b]Additional external review(s):[/b] - The Color Computer Magazine, Issue #11 January 1984, Rating: Positive ([url=https://archive.org/details/color-computer-magazine-1984-01/page/n139/mode/2up]View[/url])***[media=youtube]MbhmpYRMyqk[/media]*** [139]*** [140]***GLCGP note: port from COIN | labelimageminimize |
| Xygoid | ColorQuest Games | 1983 | fixedshooter joystick keyboard lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Demon Attack | Tandy (Imagic) | 1984 | fixedshooter lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Electron | Spectral Associates;Tom Mix Software | 1984 | 5.25disk arenashooter cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 fixedshooter joystick lives movie mp-coplay multisequence score snakegame spiders tank | [media=youtube]kgxHHGEOP5Q[/media]***More than just the usual light-cycle game, this is a full clone of the Tron coin-op game with all four sequences; Spiders, MCP, Light Cycles, and Tanks. It's all here, the spiders even multiply by division. [b]Spiders[/b] Simply walk into the structure in the center of the room. Except there are four-legged digital spiders in your way. And every few minutes, they split into additional four-legged digital spiders. This alone creates an urgency to exit the room, but there is also countdown to certain death. [b]MCP[/b] Players dive into the beam of light and are pulled up to be smashed into the MCP's circular wall of shields. Players can remove sections of the shield but new sections always scroll in from the left. Punch a hole and run through. [b]Tank[/b] It's Pac-Man, [i]with shooting TANKS![/i]. Shoot all the enemy tanks and escape. [b]Light Cycles[/b] The classic snake game for two or more players where the snake grows as fast as it moves. Cycles make 90° turns and leave an ever present trail of harmful light wherever they go; don't go into the light. Play each game and they all reset to a harder version to play again, 12 times! What happens after the 12th win, someone would have to accomplish that for us to know :)***Tron-like | labelminimizesubject |
| Galagon | Spectral Associates | 1984 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter joystick license-proprietary lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Space Hawk | Hot Coco | 1984 | basic coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter joystick lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Space Intruders | Game Point Software;Radio Shack | 1984 | 5.25disk basic coco3 commercial display-320x200 fixedshooter joystick lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Star Spores | Spectral Associates | 1984 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter fuel joystick keyboard license-proprietary lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Galaxion | Loriciels | 1984 | basic cassette commercial drm fixedshooter galaxianlike keyboard license-proprietary lives matra-alice score uvl-platform-limitation | labelimageminimize | |
| Balloon Fire | T&D Software | 1984 | 5.25disk cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 fixedshooter lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Galixian | Sprites | 1985 | cassette commercial drm fixedshooter keyboard license-proprietary lives matra-alice nplayers score scoreoriented | labelimageminimize | |
| Super Vaders | T & D Subscription Software | 1985 | cassette coco1 coco2 coco3 commercial fixedshooter license-proprietary lives score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Nuclear Avenger | T & D Subscription Software | 1985 | fixedshooter keyboard lives | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Zenix | Gosub Software;Eversoft Games;Sundog Systems (Gosub Software) | 1989 | 1life 5.25disk alieninvasion coco3 commercial fixedshooter fuel joystick laserbolts license-proprietary score scoreoriented weaponupgrades | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Mega Tank | Rainbow | 1991 | fixedshooter helicopters keyboard langinsignificant lives score tank | labelminimizeminimize |
