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You love retro shooters? You want to be challenged? You’re not bothered about the story; you just want to blow stuff up? Then look no further! Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo should be right up your street.


Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo is a retro inspired space blaster with loads of challenges and things to unlock. If you are thinking of buying the game please keep in mind that the game was made for Bare Knuckle Development by just one person, Ste Wilson. Don’t expect a ‘triple A’ experience, an in-depth story, or mind-blowing graphics. What the game offers is a simple retro-inspired space shooter with a focus on core-gameplay that will challenge you. The game has loads of challenges to keep you playing and lots of ships and upgrades to unlock to keep the gameplay feeling fresh and give you a sense of achievement and progression. All this is available for the same price as a grande salted caramel mocha frappuccino.



If you have any questions, problems, or feedback about the game just give us a shout. We’d love to hear what you think of the game and will do our best to respond as quickly as possible, providing support if necessary. Also let us know if you had fun playing the game because that really does make our day!

Prepare for the massively expanded 'Turbo Edition'. Jam-packed with new content and extra features giving you hours of challenging retro space blasting action.

It's 2051. Earth is all but dead, an almost uninhabitable polluted mess of smog and tar. Remotely control space blasters from a dying Earth. Fight in epic space battles against all kinds of weird alien spacecraft. Rescue cute 'blastronauts' from alien capture. Wipe-out the alien forces and take-over their planet to give humanity a new home. Time is running out. Do you have what it takes to become the ultimate space blaster pilot and the saviour of the human race?



Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo is an addictive, fast-paced space shooter with bullet hell elements, loads of unlockables, and leaderboards to climb. The ‘Turbo’ edition of Super Mega Space Blaster Special is the definitive edition giving you more ships, more game modes, more unlockables, more challenges, and more space blasting fun than any ever before. Blast your way through 5 unique game modes including 2 new Turbo edition modes. Save cute blastronauts and destroy the boss to claim victory in ‘Save The Colony’ mode. Manage your fuel and ammo to survive to the big-boss in 'Survival' mode. Protect your mothership from damage for as long as you can in 'Protect Mother' mode. Blast your friends into space dust in local competitive multiplayer modes 'To The Death' mode and the new ‘One Shot’ mode.

Play alone in single player, or with a friend in local co-op to take out the aliens. Collect coins to unlock more space blasters (ships), upgrade your weapons and power-ups, and explore the shop for extra perks. Complete over 40 fun challenges to get those extra coins. Use each space blaster's strengths to your advantage; from turrets that allow twin stick control, to fast manoeuvrable ships that can outrun your foes. Arm yourself to the teeth with awesome power-ups like big-bombs, homing missiles and lasers. Destroy the alien boss and continue the endless gameplay to rack up a massive score and become the ultimate space blaster pilot and top the leaderboards.

• Fast-paced addictive shmup gameplay with bullet hell elements.
  
• 5 play modes give varied gameplay and replay-ability.
  
• Play alone in single player or with a friend in local cooperative or local competitive multiplayer.
  
• Collect coins to unlock all 15 space blasters (ships) each with their own perks. From fast ships for darting around to slower ships that allow precision aiming.
  
• Some space blasters have turrets, turning the game into a twin-stick shooter.
  
• Loads of awesome upgradable power-up weapons to help you take down your enemies including lasers, homing missiles, and multi-shot.
  
• Use your coins in the shop to upgrade your weapons & power-ups, unlock more perks, and add more music to the game.
  
• Collectables to aid you in your mission. Big-bombs wipe-out nearby enemies, shields help you survive longer, and magnets drag fuel and ammo towards you.
  
• Endless high-score chasing gameplay with over 15 enemies and a boss for those who can survive long enough (gameplay continues after the boss in 'Survival' mode).
  
• Over 40 in-game challenges to help you gain coins and develop your space blaster piloting skills.
  
• Simple hand-drawn art-style allows you to easily pick out the foes amongst the asteroids.
  
• Compete to be the greatest space blaster pilot in the leaderboards.
  
• Play along to the pumping 80s inspired synth-pop original soundtrack by Electric Fan Death.

The year is 2051, the Earth is in ruin; a barely inhabitable polluted mess of smog and tar. A huge unmanned spaceship, launched by mankind years earlier as a last ditch attempt to survive, has found a possible inhabitable planet and is under attack from its residents.

That's where you come in pilot!

From earth you must remotely control one of the giant ship's space blasters and annihilate the alien threat so that humanity can continue. The survival of human kind is in your hands pilot. Don't let us down!


We are a small, two person, video game development studio based in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo was made by only one of us, Ste Wilson as a solo dev project. After the success of Super Mega Space Blaster Special we decided to make a massively expanded 'Turbo Edition' whilst still continuing the development of our much bigger metroidvania action-RPG The Flawless: Art's Tale. Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo expands on the original in every area with more game modes, more space blasters, more challenges, more music, a huge shop, and loads more.

We wanted to make a shoot 'em up (shmup) that blended modern and retro mechanics to create a nostalgic yet up-to-date shooter that gives you the 'just one more go' feeling. Now you can be the judge of this, leave a Steam review and let us know what you think. We are open to feedback and want to improve the game in any way we can. If you have any issues with the game please feel free to let us know and we'll do our best to solve the problem. We hope you enjoy the game, Happy blasting!

Latest news

• Patch Notes·25 Nov 2020Official

  Update 1.0.7 Goes Live Bringing DualSense Support!

  DualSense Support Update 1.0.7 brings support for the PS5's next gen' DualSense controller. You can now enjoy some retro space blasting on a massive selection of controllers including the PS5's DualSense, the PS4's DualShock 4, Xbox One and 360 controllers, the Nintendo Switch Pro controller and loads of other controllers and retro joypads. Achievement Localisation Achievements have now been localised into even more languages namely Italian, Portuguese, and Brazilian(Portuguese). This adds to the list of achievement localisation: English, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Spanish, and Spanish(Latin America), bringing the total to 10 languages. A massive thanks to everyone (Patrick "AvengedEvil" Kainer, Eddy Witte, Loï "ElNino" J., Brian Bonilla, Pablo "Azagaya" Fonovich, OGZxFTWGlitcher, Max Candido "M4Ximizando", Matamune Neko & Arison Teotonio) who helped with the localisation. I've also fixed a few bugs: Fixed issue where you could not select item in shop without leaving shop and re-entering. Fixed issue where final space blaster would appear blacked-out even though unlocked. Fixed issue where mouse cursor would be invisible in menus when using mouse. Fixed issue where the turret on the 'Weevil' space blaster would lock and be unresponsive in game until starting another game. Corrected some minor typo's. Possible Future Updates Although the game does fully support controlling the game with a DualSense controller; vibration and the controller's lights, speaker & microphone are not yet supported. This is not currently possible but may be in the future. If you'd like to see anything adding to the game or have found a bug just let me know and I'll do my best to add it or fix it. The game has been getting some great reviews check them out in this accolades trailer: If you want to read some reviews find a guide or some tips for the game check out the game page: bareknuckledev.com/games/space-blaster-turbo/. All the best and happy blastingːsteamhappyː, Ste (BKD)
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• Patch Notes·3 Jun 2020Official

  Update 1.0.6 Live & Leaderboard Competition Won

  May was a busy month for us at Bare Knuckle Development with a multi-platform 30% discount sale on Space Blaster in the first week. We launched the 'Space Blaster Lockdown High-Score Challenge' which saw players try and climb the leaderboard for prizes of over $90. We gave hundreds of Space Blaster copies away for good causes and charities throughout May to bring a bit of fun to people struggling in the lockdown. Now in early June we have a winner for the lockdown challenge and an update for the game. UPDATE 1.0.6 OUT NOW! Update 1.0.6 brings improved support for ultrawide (21:9) monitors. The game now runs correctly on these monitors in a 16:9 rectangle in the centre of the screen. SPACE BLASTER HIGH-SCORE CHALLENGE WINNERS: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36167940/661d15be7f66062702e9709a5d3752d05b926678.jpg The winner of the $30 prize got an amazing score of over 3 million on the Nintendo Switch version of the game. In 2nd place, and winner of the $20 prize, is a Steam player with another awesome score of over 1.5 million. All of the top ten got prizes and the competition was a lot of fun for all and a nice distraction from lockdown. SPACE BLASTING FOR CHARITY: In May we donated over 300 codes for Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo on all platforms to Ukie’s Games for Carers initiative for NHS workers in the UK. We gave over 100 codes to Legion Games in support of UK veterans and we donated 40 codes to Disability Stockport, a local charity that supports disabled people. I also joined-in a few games of Call of Duty Warzone with the guys from Legion Games for their charity 24-hour gamathon which was a lot of fun. I’m really proud that we supported these three great causes and I’m excited to get involved in more charity work in the future. Hope you are all well and staying safe during lockdown. If you fancy watching a Nintendo Switch player get a score of higher than 1 million here's the video: Happy gaming!ːsteamhappyː
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• Announcements·4 May 2020Official

  Space Blaster Lockdown High-Score Challenge

  We hope everyone is well and staying safe during these challenging times. To bring a bit of relief to the lockdown boredom many are feeling we've decided to launch a fun high-score challenge. The Space Blaster Multi-Platform Lockdown High-Score Challenge blasts off on Star Wars Day 2020, May the 4th and runs until 1st June 2020 (midnight GMT). The challenge will see Space Blaster Turbo players from all platforms; Steam, PS4, Xbox One and Switch, competing against each other to see who is the ultimate space blaster survival master. To join in the fun all you have to do is play 1 player survival mode. When you get that amazing score submit your score by taking a screenshot of the leaderboard and Tweeting it on Twitter (with @bareknuckledev and @SMSpaceBlaster included) or email us with the screenshot. You can check out all the prizes, the full rules, and the current Challenge Leaderboard here. Here's a survival mode guide video showing you how to beat the boss and get a high-ish score: Looking forward to seeing some awesome scores. Good luck, happy blasting and May the fourth be with you!ːsteamhappyː
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• Patch Notes·20 Mar 2020Official

  Update 1.0.5 Out Now!

  This update adds a bit of content and fixes some issues that players have been asking for. Here is a list of additions and fixes in update 1.0.5. Additions: Added support for more retro gamepads. Fixes: When changing the volume slider for 'Voice' in the pause menu the voice no longer says 'Hello' a ridiculous number of times per second. The correct controls display on the loading screen when in 2 player and player 1 is using keyboard and mouse. Fixed issue where cursor would not show in pause screen and game-over screen when using keyboard and mouse. The Cursor is now the correct size when using keyboard and mouse controls in Linux. Corrected a number of typo's. *1.0.5a fixes an issue where keys display instead of gamepad buttons after returning to single player from 2 player. We'll be having a space blaster leaderboard high-score challenge in the coming months with Steam vouchers for prizes so level up your space blasting skills and watch this space.ːsteamhappyː If you have any questions, problems, or feedback about the game just give us a shout. We’d love to hear what you think of the game and will do our best to respond as quickly as possible, providing support if necessary. Also let us know if you had fun playing the game because that really does make our day! The game has been getting some great reviews check them out in this accolades trailer: All the best and happy blastingːsteamhappyː, Ste (BKD)
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• Patch Notes·8 Feb 2020Official

  Super Mega Update Adding New Content!

  Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo has received some great press and player feedback since launch. This update adds some new content and make a number of improvements & fixes based on player feedback. We've added a number of space backgrounds to the various modes in the game to give a bit more variety to the game. Players have been saying some of the text is a little difficult to read especially on 720p displays and on the Nintendo Switch in handheld mode. We've added a new font to certain pieces of text making it easier to read at lower resolutions. Players often found the ammo difficult to tell apart from the asteroid fragments due to its similar colour. All ammo is now a vibrant yellow making it much easier to differentiate from the dull grey space rocks. There was an issue in co-op where when a player re-launched, they would flash for 6 seconds but wouldn't be invincible. This has been fixed, now when you re-launch in co-op you'll be invincible for 6 seconds. Below is a more complete list of fixes and improvements in update 1.0.4. Improvements & Additions: A number of space backgrounds added. Ammo colour changed to yellow to help differentiate it from asteroid fragments. Certain ships tweaked to give better gameplay. Survival mode tweaked to give fairer difficulty curve. Fixes: New font added to improve readability of text especially at lower resolutions. Fixed co-op re-launch invincibility. Corrected some wrongly priced space blasters. Corrected various typos. I hope you're enjoying the space blasting. Don't forget to leave Steam reviews for the games you enjoy, it really helps us smaller developers. Thanks for reading and see you in space. Happy blasting!ːsteamhappyː For more information about Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo check out our website or follow us on Twitter.
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