Mad Planets

Mad Planets
Developer(s)Gottlieb
Publisher(s)Gottlieb
Programmer(s)Kan Yabumoto
Artist(s)Jeff Lee
Composer(s)David D. Thiel
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s)1-2 players alternating turns
Arcade systemGG-III[2]

Mad Planets is a multidirectional shooter released as an arcade video game in 1983 by Gottlieb. The player controls a spaceship, which can be moved and rotated independently, to fend off angry planets and moons attacking from all sides. It was designed and programmed by Kan Yabumoto[3][4] with art by Jeff Lee and sound by David D. Thiel.[3] Lee and Thiel previously worked on Q*bert for Gottlieb,[5] a game that was inspired by a pattern of hexagons implemented by Yabumoto.[6] Kan Yabumoto died in 2017 of a degenerative lung disease.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Mad Planets [Model GV-102]". arcade-history.com. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Gottlieb Video System Boards". mikesarcade.com. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
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