AstroFire (DOS)

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Description

AstroFire is an Asteroids variant, but with a few twists: instead of asteroids there are monsters of sorts to shoot at, there are power-ups (two kinds of weapons) and shields (which means a single blow doesn't kill the player character), and players can also set whether or not they want momentum enabled.

Episode One: Into The Storm was released as shareware, on registration the player received two further episodes, 'Whirlpool of Death' and 'Heart of Fire' each of which has different background graphics and enemy craft.

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Alternate Titles

• "Astrofire" -- Alternate spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Asteroids variants

User Reviews

A decent and fun shareware shooter

Tomer Gabel (4643)

Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Aug, 1994	83 out of 100	83
CNET	Feb 27, 2009		80
PC Gamer	Oct, 1994	72 out of 100	72
Hot Games	1998		60
The Retro Spirit	Dec 12, 2007	2 out of 6	33
PC Player (Germany)	Aug, 1994	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Manual

From the game manual, notice anything strange?

If you need further assistance, the fastest way to contact me is via
CompuServe. My user number is 100334,412. Alternatively, you can write,
enclosing an SAE, to:

Owen Thomas (ORT)
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UNITED KINGDOM

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Screenshot mode

Astro Fire actually supports taking screenshots. If you run the game with the switch "-screenshot", it will not display a message during pause.

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