The Earth Dies Screaming (video game)
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- Sirius Software
- Fox Video Games
| The Earth Dies Screaming | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sirius Software |
| Publishers |
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| Designer | Dan Thompson |
| Platforms | |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genres | Shooter, action |
| Mode | Single player |
The Earth Dies Screaming is a 1983 space shooter developed by Sirius Software and published by Fox Video Games based on the 1964 movie The Earth Dies Screaming, which was produced by 20th Century Fox. Gameplay involves shooting at incoming enemy spaceships before they attack the player's shapeship or the Earth itself. The game was released under the name Final Orbit for Atari 8-bit computers.
The Earth Dies Screaming is a first-person space shooter where the player attacks incoming enemy spaceships.[1] Players move a targeting reticle around the screen, trying to destroy incoming ships before they fire missiles at the player's ship.[2] While shooting, the bottom of the screen shows a rotating Earth which gives "a pretty good illusion of 3-D motion".[3] Enemy ships can also directly target the Earth.[4]
Gameplay was compared to a first-person version of Missile Command.[2]