As its title suggests, this is an arcade type game in which you zap
aliens in order to survive.
The cursor keys control movement of sights which must be
positioned on the aliens that flit across the screen. The space bar
is used to open fire.
The object is to destroy as many aliens as you can, before
you ship's fuel runs out. The fuel reserve is displayed at the
top of the screen and rapidly diminishes as the game progresses.
To completely destroy an alien the head must be hit, but
hitting the body gains extra fuel.
Adding to the difficulty of this, however, the aliens appear
in pairs, one of which will act as a decoy as it cannot be
destroyed. At the end of each game you are reminded of the score,
but no best score is given.
The action is extremely fast, and unless you're a whizz kid of
the keyboard, each game ends within a few minutes. If a selection
of skill levels were incorporated into the program I would
definitely find it more playable.
11th October 1983
