Blasto (arcade game)

For the PlayStation game, see Blasto (video game).
Blasto
Arcade flyer
DeveloperGremlin Industries
PublisherGremlin Industries
DesignerLane Hauck[1]
PlatformsArcade, TI-99/4A
ReleaseArcade
1978
TI-99/4A
Early 1981
GenresAction, puzzle
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Blasto is a 1978 action video game developed and published by Gremlin Industries for arcades. The player controls a spaceship and must maneuver it through a mine field. The player tries to beat the clock to destroy all the mines.

Bert Ankrom set the arcade world record on September 8, 2002, with a verified score of 8,730 points.[2]

A port for the TI-99/4A home computer was later released by Milton Bradley in early 1981.[3]

References

  1. ^ "San Diego's Gremlin: how video games work". San Diego Reader. 1982-07-15. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Twin Galaxies - Blasto arcade points". Twin Galaxies. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Blasto - TI/99/4A-Pedia". 4apedia.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2021.


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