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Mega Apocalypse

Mega Apocalypse is a microcomputer video game in the genre multidirectional shooter, written by Simon Nicol for the Commodore 64 and ported to the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. It is the sequel to Crazy Comets. Both games are clones of Gottlieb's 1983 arcade video game Mad Planets; Mega-Apocalypse adds two players simultaneous multiplayer. The music is by Rob Hubbard.

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Mega Apocalypse
PublisherMartech
ProgrammerSimon Nicol1
ArtistBob Stevenson
ComposerRob Hubbard
PlatformsCommodore 64, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Release1987
GenreMultidirectional shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Mega Apocalypse is a microcomputer video game in the genre multidirectional shooter, written by Simon Nicol for the Commodore 64 and ported to the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. It is the sequel to Crazy Comets. Both games are clones of Gottlieb's 1983 arcade video game Mad Planets;2 Mega-Apocalypse adds two players simultaneous multiplayer. The music is by Rob Hubbard.3

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  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. Wilkins, Chros (8 May 2016). "C64Gems: Mega Apocalypse". Retro Now!.
  3. "Redirecting".
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