AstroPop
A brick-clearing puzzle game with combo mechanics.
AstroPop is a 2004 puzzle video game developed and published by PopCap Games. It was made available for Xbox and Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade, and also appeared in a compilation pack for PlayStation 2 alongside Bejeweled 2. The game was ported to cell phones and an Adobe Flash version can be played online for free.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- PopCap Games
- Publisher
- PopCap Games, Sorrent (mobile)
- Designer
- Sukhbir Sidhu, Jason Kapalka
- Engine
- PopCap Games Framework
- Released
- April 6, 2004
- Genre
- Puzzle
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Xbox
- Adobe Flash
- Windows
- Xbox 360
- Mobile
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Did You Know?
- TeamXbox said AstroPop offers fun gameplay and design that justifies the purchase.
- GameSpot scored the mobile version 8.5 out of 10.
- The game was included in the compilation PopCap Hits! Volume 1 for PlayStation 2.
Gameplay
The goal is to clear a set number of bricks per level to fill the Brick-O-Meter. The player controls a ship that moves horizontally at the bottom of the screen, capable of grabbing and releasing up to six bricks of the same color. Releasing bricks so that four or more of the same color touch causes them to explode, and bricks below move upward to fill gaps, potentially triggering automatic chain explosions called combos. New rows of bricks arrive from the top at a rate that increases with the level. The game ends when any column of bricks reaches the bottom, touches bricks the player is holding, or touches the player's character.
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