Astron Belt cover

Astron Belt

First release
May 1983
Genres
Shooter, Arcade · Action, Science fiction
Platforms
MSX, Arcade

The player controls a lone spacecraft on a mission to singlehandedly take down the entire enemy armada. Enemy fighters and ships shoot at the player, and there are mines and other objects that must be shot or avoided. The game is divided into waves. At the end of each wave is a command ship that must be destroyed. In later waves the enemy fighters move and shoot more aggressively, and their shots are more accurate. Some waves take place in open space, while others require the player to battle enemies while flying through narrow trenches and tunnels. The player is on a timer at the beginning of the game, with an unlimited number of lives available. The length of the timer can be adjusted by the machine operator, but is normally 60 seconds. After the timer expires, the player is given a limited number of additional lives. When all of those lives are lost, the game ends.

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Release dates
Arcade
May 1983
MSX
1984
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
rail shooter, shoot 'em up, 2.5d, cinematic, spaceship
… All 13, space battle, laserdisc, on-rails, full motion video, planet, contextual controller rumble, rail shooting segment, real-time over pre-rendered movies

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 10 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 10 Oct 2026