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Megamania

Shooter Arcade Action Science fiction
70
User Score
10 ratings
September 24, 1982
Released 15920 days ago
Atari 2600 Atari 8-bit Atari 5200

About

In Megamania, the gameplay resembles that of Space Invaders. Rather than being aliens or spaceships, however, the enemies in this game are various objects such as hamburgers, bow ties, and steam irons. The object is to shoot them down before the energy bar at the bottom of screen is depleted, all while avoiding the oncoming enemies and their own projectiles attacks. Each of the enemies fly in select patterns and as soon as they hit the bottom of the screen, they re-appear at the top until shot by the player. The player's spacecraft depicted in the game is a cross between the U.S.S. Enterprise and Klingon battlecruiser from the Star Trek universe.
Gameplay-wise and in terms of graphics, MegaMania bears a very strong resemblance to Sega's 1981 arcade title "Astro Blaster". Both games feature nearly identical patterns of approaching enemies with the player relying on an "Energy" meter. Also, the player's ship bears a remarkable similarity in both games.

When Megamania was originally sold, anyone who scored above 45,000 points could send Activision a picture of their screen and become an official Megamaniac. They also would receive an Official Megamaniac emblem.[2]
If a player exceeds a score of 999,999 the game ends.

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Release Dates by Platform

Atari 2600 Worldwide
Sep 24, 1982
Atari 5200 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
Atari 8-bit Worldwide
Dec 31, 1984

Game Info

Developer
Activision
Publisher
Activision, Polyvox
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Shooter Arcade
Themes
Action Science fiction

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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