''Crazy Comets'' is a

multidirectional shooter Shoot 'em ups (also known as shmups or STGs) are a subgenre of action games. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up; some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of character mo ...

programmed by Simon Nicol for the

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and published by

Martech Martech was a video game publisher which operated in Pevensey Bay between 1982 and 1989. It was founded as Martech Games. The company published a number of successful video games for the BBC Micro, BBC Model B, ZX Spectrum, ZX81, MSX, Amstrad CPC, ...

in 1985. The game is a clone of Gottlieb's 1983 ''

Mad Planets ''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 w ...

'' arcade video game, even using the same logo treatment with "Crazy" and "Comets" replacing "Mad" and "Planets" respectively. The two music tracks and the sound effects were produced by

Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard (born 1955) is a British composer best known for his musical and programming work for microcomputers of the 1980s, such as the Commodore 64. Biography Early life and career Hubbard was born in 1955 in Kingston upon Hull, England. Hu ...

. ''Crazy Comets'' was followed by a 1987 sequel, also programmed by Nicol, ''

Mega Apocalypse ''Mega Apocalypse'' is a multidirectional shooter written by Simon Nicol for the Commodore 64 and ported to the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. It is the sequel to '' Crazy Comets''. Both games are clones of Gottlieb's 1983 arcade video ...

''.

Reception

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'' praised the game for being an uncomplicated example of the genre. ''Happy Computer'' said the music alone was worth the price of admission.

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