Maelstrom is an arcade game reminiscent of Asteroids. A free and open source game
Review
Reference: Maelstrom is a multidirectional shooter developed by Andrew Welch and released as shareware in November 1992 for Mac OS. The game is an enhanced clone of Atari, Inc.’s 1979 Asteroids arcade video game with a visual style similar to the Atari Games 1987 sequel, Blasteroids
You pilot your ship through the dreaded “Maelstrom” asteroid belt — suddenly your best friend thrusts towards you and fires, directly at your cockpit. You raise your shields just in time, and the battle is joined.
The deadliest stretch of space known to mankind has just gotten deadlier. Everywhere massive asteroids jostle for a chance to crush your ship, and deadly shinobi fighter patrols pursue you across the asteroid belt. But the deadliest of them all is your sister ship, assigned to you on patrol. The pilot, trained by your own Navy, battle hardened by months in the Maelstrom, is equipped with a twin of your own ship and intimate knowledge of your tactics.
The lovely Stratocaster R&R facility never sounded so good, but as you fire full thrusters to dodge the latest barrage you begin to think you’ll never get home.
- You can set up control keyboard shortcuts;
- You can change the volume level.
Screenshots Game
Installation
The game Maelstrom is available for installation on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Install Sotware via Software Center (Appstream)
Install Game via Deb package
Install Game via RPM package
Install Game via Flatpak package
flatpak install flathub org.libsdl.Maelstrom
Install Game via EXE package on Windows
Install Game via DMG package for macOS
Game Information
| Language Interface: | English |
| Description version: | 3.0.7 |
| Developer: | Ambrosia Software |
| Programming language: | – |
| License: | GPL v2 |
| Software website: | libsdl.org/projects/Maelstrom |