Galaxo Blast

The New Dimension is very proud to present GALAXO BLAST. An example coding tutorial game which I made for part 3 of Lemon 64's "Fun and Games Programming in Assembly.". The game was inspired by a classic type-in game, Astro Panic (Which I found on some Public Domain disks I had in the 1990s). 

Galaxo Blast features the followng:

• 8 intense levels of arcade blasting action
• Quite addictive game play for a simple looking game.  
• Colourful parallax scrolling starfield
• Custom made in game sound effects
• Colourful presentable title screen
• Cool title music
• Complete source code and data files (Requires Turbo Macro Pro V1.2 and a RAM expansion of 516K or higher.)
• Compatible on PAL and NTSC machines, theC64 mini/full size computers and Ultimate 64 & possible the C64 Ultimate

GAME PLAY INSTRUCTIONS

This is a fun little space shoot 'em up for 1 player only. You control your space ship using a  joystick in port 2. Left and Right will move the space ship. Pressing fire will shoot out lasers.

MISSION BRIEFING

The galaxy is under attack by hostile aliens. They are bouncing around ready to stop anyone that gets in their way. Your mission is to defend the galaxy from those pesky aliens. You can fire lasers at them, but they can also shoot back. For every alien you shoot, you will score 100 points and 300 points will be added to your score if an alien explodes. Be warned though, many aliens will require more than one hit before they are destroyed. After you shoot a whole wave of aliens another set of aliens will morph into the screen. 

At the top of the screen is a counter which tells you how many aliens are left before you complete a level. A level is completed when the alien counter is at 000. For every level you complete, you will score a bonus of 1,000 multiplied by the number of lives you carry. 

There are 8 levels to clear before you can complete the game. The further you progress, the more intense the game will become.

SHIELDS AND EXTRA LIVES

At the start of each level, or after losing a life you will be protected with a shield. The player ship will be flashing. After it stops flashing the shield has run out and will make you more vulnerable to the aliens and their lasers.

Extra lives are awared at every 10,000 points scored. Also you will be awarded a shield to temporarily protect your space ship. 

LOSING LIVES

Lives are lost each time you get hit by an alien or its lasers and you don't carry a shield. Once all of your lives are lost, the game is over.

CREDITS:

Programming, graphics, sound effects and music by Richard Bayliss

Tape loader system by Martin Piper and Richard Bayliss
Loader game by The Mad Scientist

(C) 2026 The New Dimension

Galaxo Blast is released in the Public Domain. You are allowed to copy, modifyand share this production. However, you are not permitted to reproduce this game for sales/marketing in digital or physical form, without permission from the game author.