Slant community chat on DiscoursePro Still competitive more than 30 years later
Players still compete for high scores in tournaments and casual competition. The game is streamed daily on Twitch by people striving to beat their own PB or reach a high score goal.
Con Very optimized world record
There is very little room to improve the world record, and the MAME record is close to the theoretical maximum. Getting a new world record would require not just skill but also a great deal of luck.
Pro Fitting soundtrack
The fastpaced nature of this game's music fits it well.
Con Low variety in levels
There are only three levels available with each having the same basic function. It would be nice to see more variety in looks as well as gameplay.
Pro Ever changing gameplay
The basics of the game is that you play on one screen, where enemies filter from the top to the bottom, to then come back from the top even angrier. The goal is to collect crates with the twist that a crate changes your weapon. Meaning you never know how each game is going to play out thanks to the
Pro More different layouts than most score games
Aside from bonus screens, which repeat after every third level, screen layouts only repeat after every 9th starting after the 12th. Each layout plays slightly differently, so you get a variety of different difficulties and strategies before any of them repeat.
Con Marathon game
The game does not have an ending or kill screen, so getting a higher score depends mostly on surviving longer and clearing more screens. Riskier strategies for squeezing out extra points exist, but are less effective than safe conservative play.
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