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Blast through alien waves and topple giant bosses

Astro Blaster puts you in the cockpit of a plucky rocket that fires on its own while waves of darting scouts, zigzag saucers, diving chargers, turret ships and splitting asteroids pour in. Grab power-ups to grow your weapon, keep a shield and a bomb ready, and face a huge boss with shifting attack patterns every fifth wave. Stay unhit to push the score multiplier all the way to x8.

How to play Astro Blaster

  1. 1Your rocket fires on its own: drag anywhere to fly it (it stays above your finger), or use the mouse or the arrow keys.
  2. 2Dodge the bright enemy bullets, asteroids and charging ships; you have 3 lives and a short safety blink after each hit.
  3. 3Destroy enemies for power-ups: double, spread and rapid fire raise your weapon power, a shield blocks one hit and bombs clear the screen.
  4. 4Every 5th wave a boss attacks with patterns that change as it weakens.
  5. 5Avoid hits to grow the score multiplier up to x8; each hit resets it and lowers your weapon power by one step.

Controls

DragFly the rocket (it moves with your finger, staying above it) Bomb button / tap with a second fingerUse a bomb MouseFly the rocket toward the cursor Right clickUse a bomb Arrow keys / WASDFly the rocket Space / BUse a bomb Esc / PPause

Tips to play better

  • Destroy every ship of a swooping formation to make it drop a power-up.
  • Enemy bullets are slow: small sideways steps are usually enough to slip past them.
  • Save a bomb for the boss: it wipes out its bullets and knocks off a chunk of its health.
  • Big asteroids split into smaller ones, so keep firing until the last pebble is gone.

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