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A Roach In Space

As part of an experiment, a roach was sent into space. But the ship was trapped in a cosmic ray storm and exploded! The roach miraculously survived, losing two legs in the explosion, but also acquired the…

22 March 2019

A Roach In Space is an arcade, released 22 March 2019 on Atari 2600.

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What A Roach In Space is

A Roach In Space was released in 2019. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As part of an experiment, a roach was sent into space. But the ship was trapped in a cosmic ray storm and exploded! The roach miraculously survived, losing two legs in the explosion, but also acquired the ability to fly through space and shoot energy blasts from his antennae! Your mission is to guide the stranded insect back to earth through a perilous journey infested with all kinds of evil space creatures.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

A Roach In Space launched on 22 March 2019, within three weeks of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2 and Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced.

Released around the same time: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced.

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When did A Roach In Space come out?
A Roach In Space was released on 22 March 2019 for Atari 2600.

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