Cosmic Avenger
Cosmic Avenger is a scrolling shooter developed by Universal and released as an arcade video game in July 1981. It is part of the first wave shooters with forced horizontal scrolling which followed Konami's Scramble and Super Cobra from earlier in the year. It was released the same month as Vanguard. The final installment in Universal's Cosmic series, players take control of the Avenger space fighter and, as in Scramble, use bullets and bombs against enemy air and ground forces. The world is one continuous level made up of different areas.
| Cosmic Avenger | |
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Arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Universal Nuvatec (ColecoVision) |
| Publisher(s) | Arcade Universal ColecoVision Coleco (NA) CBS Electronics (EU) |
| Series | Cosmic |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, ColecoVision |
| Release | Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating turns |
| Arcade system | 8106 |
The game was ported to ColecoVision as one of its August 1982 launch titles in North America. The ColecoVision version was more successful than the arcade original, garnering mostly positive reception from critics who praised the action, visuals, and sound effects. Ports to the Atari 2600 and Intellivision were in development and advertised, but not released.