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Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons

The message is simple: co-operate or die! It's double fun and double trouble all the way in Captain Fizz, the most exciting simultaneous two-player game you and a friend are ever likely to play. It's a whole…

31 December 1988

Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons is an arcade developed by Powerhouse Software LTD., released 31 December 1988 on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Atari ST/STE and BBC Microcomputer System.

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What Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons is

Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons is an arcade game developed by Powerhouse Software LTD. and released in 1988. It was published by Mandarin Software. It is available on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The message is simple: co-operate or die! It's double fun and double trouble all the way in Captain Fizz, the most exciting simultaneous two-player game you and a friend are ever likely to play. It's a whole new world of split-screen, high-speed action, as both of you take on the nasty Blaster-Trons infesting the planet Icarus. Yup, it's a tough mission all right, but you might just win out with the right blend of co-operation, courage, laser-hot reflexes, practical sense...and brains. The action is fast and furious in Captain Fizz, but if you can't work out the right tactics you'll both be dead meat. There are 22 levels of savage and relentless action to battle through before you reach…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

What it launched against

Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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When did Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons come out?
Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons was released on 31 December 1988 for Acorn Electron, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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