Cosmic Patrol
{{Short description|1980 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = Cosmic Patrol
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| publisher = Instant Software
| programmer = Jake Commander
| platforms = TRS-80
| released = 1980
| genre = Space combat simulator
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Cosmic Patrol is a first-person space combat game programmed by Jake Commander for the TRS-80 Model I and III, published by Instant Software in 1980.{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Matthew |title=Cosmic Patrol |url=http://www.trs-80.org/cosmic-patrol/ |website=TRS-80.org}}
Gameplay
Cosmic Patrol is a game in which the player pilots a Terran fighter with a mission to destroy the invading Quelons. The game is very similar to the 1978 Magnavox Odyssey² cartridge Cosmic Conflict!.
Reception
Jon Mishcon reviewed Cosmic Patrol in The Space Gamer No. 34.{{cite journal|last=Mishcon |first=Jon |date=December 1980 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=34|pages=35}} Mishcon commented that "If you're really into video arcade, this is a good shoot-em-up. But it's doubtful you'd spend [the price] to master this at an arcade."
Reviews
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/kilobaudmagazine-1981-10/page/n115/mode/2up Review] in Kilobaud Microcomputing
Category:Instant Software games
Category:Space combat simulators
Category:Video games developed in the United States
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