A.E. (1982)

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Apple II · Atari 8-bit · Commodore VIC-20 · FM-7 · MSX · PC-8800 Series

2.75 from 4 ratings

15 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 9 backlogged · 5 wish listed

A.E. is an arcade style shooting game in which you have to shoot down waves of evil flying mechanical stingrays in order to save your planet.
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Release dates

  • 1982 (Full Release) (North_America) Apple II, Atari 8-bit
  • 1983 (Full Release) (North_America) Commodore VIC-20
  • Apr 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) PC-8800 Series
  • May 01, 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) FM-7
  • 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) MSX

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Review scoopings 2/5 · Feb 22, 2022

Some Unique Ideas, But Really Just Another Fixed Shoot Em Up In Space

Look: 8/10 Nice and pretty animated title screen. enter image description here

Pretty gameplay+UI as well. Gotta love the Apple II. enter image description here

While the depth idea didn't really add much, the sci-fi screens themselves were some of the best parts of the game. enter image description here

Sound: 5/10 I like that it's actual music but quite annoying.

Play: 6/10 Fortunately very forgiving with the enemies' collision masks. Otherwise …

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Look: 8/10 Nice and pretty animated title screen. enter image description here

Pretty gameplay+UI as well. Gotta love the Apple II. enter image description here

While the depth idea didn't really add much, the sci-fi screens themselves were some of the best parts of the game. enter image description here

Sound: 5/10 I like that it's actual music but quite annoying.

Play: 6/10 Fortunately very forgiving with the enemies' collision masks. Otherwise just another fixed shoot em up game. The "innovative" depth idea didn't really add anything fun or substantial to the game. Kinda cool I guess. It got old pretty quickly, but a good shoot em up. Oh, forgot to mention: really impressive, responsive, tight controls for a microcomputer action game.

Feel: 7/10 Neat concept and setting, and I like the UI. It all comes together to be a really nice game, but nothing special as I journey along. Worth a playthrough if you love shoot em ups, particularly fixed ones!

Attachment: 6/10 Not a bad game, but moving on! And not looking back :-p

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