Yep, I'm playing this one for the Atari 2600. I had a lot of fun with this one, believe it or not.
In this game, a wave of space aliens slowly move towards the planet, and you're the only line of defense. Left and Right on the joystick let you move (with the two lines on the floor indicating how far you can go) and the fire button lets you shoot. The three orange things in front of you are the shields, and these will protect you from enemy fire.
As you wipe out the aliens, the aliens will fire at you. The aliens will also get faster and faster, and the last alien in the level will become superfast. You'll have to time your shot perfectly to take it out before you go on to the next level to take on a whole new salvo of aliens. As you take down the enemies, you'll get points. The further in the back they are, the more points they are worth. The ones in the very front are worth five, and each row back gives five more points than the last one all the way up to 30 points. A whole set of aliens is worth 630 points.
Sometimes, there will be a purple UFO (sometimes called the "mystery ship") that travels from one side of the screen to the other at the top of the screen. If you can somehow shoot it down, you'll be able to score a ton of points.
If you get shot down by an alien, you'll lose one of your three lives. If you lose all three lives, the game is over. If the aliens make it far down enough, your shields will be wiped out entirely. If they reach the ground, the game is over no matter how many lives you have left.
Interestingly, the aliens will start attacking again when you're out of lives and you can still move the ship, but you won't be able to fire. If the ship gets shot down post-game, you won't be able to move it again.
And that's just Game Mode #1! There are multiple rule variations for the one-player mode, and the rule variations can also be applied to the various two-player modes that the game has! Stay tuned and I'll explain everything!
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