Blastar for HTML5

Play Elon Musk's first game on your browser

Blastar for HTML5 launched on February 17, 2016 with 76 votes, #729 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

Visit blastar-1984.appspot.com ↗Blastar for HTML5 alternativestop 17% of February 2016

What it does

"[It was] a trivial game... but better than Flappy Bird." --Elon Musk (via WaitButWhyfrom blastar-1984.appspot.com

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LaunchedFeb 17, 2016

Launch day▲ 76 votes, 2 commentstop 17% of 4,386 that month

Websiteblastar-1984.appspot.comonline, checked September 2026

CategoryLife & fun

TopicsGames

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By the numbers

#729
of 4,386 launches in February 2016: 75%
of 2016's launches got fewer votes: 6×
the median launch of 2016 (12 votes): 186
launches landed the same day: 10 yrs
on, the site is still online (checked September 2026)

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