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| Publisher(s) | Bel-Air Software |
| Designer(s) | Dan Schuyler [1] |
| Platform(s) | Apple II |
| Release | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Fixed shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Players play as the Space Defender. Their mission is to protect the Star Base from attacking aliens, fireballs and start pods. If any of these objects collide with the Star Base, it will be destroyed.
Players start their mission with three ships; each time they sustain a hit they will lose 20% of their energy. An alarm will sound when a ship has only 20% energy remaining. At different point levels shields will automatically be recharged by drawing power out of the alien ships. Laser will also fire behind the ships in case an alien gets past.
The aliens are stronger than they seem. Each alien ship must be hit by a laser 5 times to be destroyed.
Missions get harder as the number of alien attack ways increases. The attackers' speed will increase and there will also be times when aliens are only visible when fired on!
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