- Astroblast (Atari 2600) online game (atarionline.org)
Atari 2600 Astroblast is a conversion of Intellivision’s Astrosmash, a fixed shooter video game. The game features a blend of gameplay elements from Space Invaders and Asteroids. Players control a laser cannon that can scroll left or right along a flat plane to target falling objects like large or small meteors, large or small spinning bombs, guided missiles, and occasionally a UFO that crosses the screen at higher levels. The background showcases low hills and stars.
- Panic of 1893 and Its Aftermath (historylink.org)
Less than four years after Washington Territory achieved statehood, what was known as America’s “Gilded Age” came to an agonizing end when the nation was struck by the worst economic crisis it had yet experienced. In the late spring of that year a four-month spasm of financial hysteria known as the Panic of 1893 swept the country…