Reading Blaster 2000 is a remake of Reading Blaster: Invasion of the Word Snatchers created by Davidson & Associates on November 18, 1996. The game was later resold as Reading Blaster: Ages 6–9 in October 30, 1997 and, under Knowledge Adventure, as Reading Blaster for 3rd Grade in August 9, 1999.
Gameplay[]
Blasternaut, Galactic Commander and Spot compete in a game show set in outer space, The Challenge of the Reading Gladiators. The user chooses which Blaster character to play and may either compete against a friend, playing another Blaster character, or the computer, in which case the player's opponent is Illitera, who was previously the main villain of the original Reading Blaster.
This is one of the few multiplayer games in the Blaster series. It is also one of the few entries in the series to not have a plot involving foiling a villainous character's evil plan. Also in this game, Illitera becomes one of the only recurring villains in the Blaster games (the other is Dudley Dabble), although here she does nothing worse than bad-mouthing the show's hosts and eliciting boos from the unseen audience.