Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum

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Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
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Developer(s)Beam Software
Publisher(s)Data East
Artist(s)Tony G. Pentland[citation needed]
Platform(s)NES
Release
  • NA: February 1990
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum is a platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Beam Software and published by Data East, released in 1990 exclusively in North America.

Gameplay[]

The player takes the role of Dash Galaxy, a space scout who has been captured by a hostile civilization thousands of light years from earth.[1] The game, through a shifting perspective, contains action gameplay elements.[2]

When the game starts, the player has four lives.[3]

Gameplay involves navigating through a series of floors with several rooms each. Keys must be collected to progress to higher floors, and eventually, an escape ship. Dash's only weapons are a limited supply of bombs and remote detonators.[3] Good timing is crucial to complete the game, requiring navigation of trampoline jumps and roaming enemies. Some of these jumps require Dash to run.[3] The player also has a limited oxygen supply.[1]

Dash can become invincible each stage by collecting ten stars.[3]

While the rooms are side-scrolling action puzzles, the floors have an overhead view, and include difficult block-moving puzzles that can fatally trap a player.

There are also hidden and bonus rooms throughout the game.[1]

Reception[]

Helium.com wrote that Dash Galaxy "had potential, but falls under its own weight in the end" while giving the game a score of 41%.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum (NES)". Moby Games. Moby Games. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. ^ Slaven, Andy (2002). Video Game Bible 1985-2002. Trafford Publishing. p. 386. ISBN 1553697316.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum (game manual)" (PDF). Data East. Data East. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Dash Galaxy NES review". Nintendo Legend. Helium (via Nintendo Legend). Retrieved 5 September 2018.

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