Planetoids (1982)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
Planetoids was released in 1982 for the ZX Spectrum 16K. The game was developed by Psion Software Ltd and published by Sinclair Research Ltd.
This single-player arcade shoot-em-up is based on the original coin-op game by Atari Games Ltd. The title was available on cassette and ROM cartridge, with the game Missile featured on the B-side of the cassette release.
Beyond the ZX Spectrum, the game was also released for the Ondra SPO 186 platform. No pricing information for the cassette version is provided in the records.
The game holds an average magazine score of 80%. It consistently received a rating of 8/10 in three separate reviews published in Sinclair User between 1982 and 1984.
In the USSR, the game was known through cracked cassette versions released by groups such as Ikar-EVT. Later, several TR-DOS adaptations were created, including Russian translations by Ikar-3BT and Fantadrom. POKE codes for the game were also published in the magazine Micro.
Found 3 cracked versions (releases) of the game
