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Synopsis

The game begins with the player's spaceship docked inside the mothership at the top of the screen. Beneath the mothership is an asteroid field and below that, the surface of the moon. There are three platforms to land on and six stranded astronauts who need to be rescued. You control a small spaceship. The player must press the button to free their spaceship from the mothership and maneuver through the asteroid field. The craft can only move left or right or use a limited amount of fuel by engaging thrust (again the same button) to slow its descent. If the craft successfully lands on one of the available platforms, one of the astronauts will run to the craft and board it.

The asteroid belt now transforms into a swarm of flying saucers, some of which drop bombs. The player must now guide the spaceship to the mothership (the craft ascends without consuming fuel), avoiding the flying saucers. The push button is now a fire button that can be used to shoot enemies above (like in Space Invaders). Finally, the craft must be docked to the mothership using the bay opening. If the side of the mothership or any part of the ship outside the opening is hit, the rescued astronaut falls to the surface and dies. If the mothership is completely missed, the craft explodes. Once all six people have been saved (or killed provided the player still has lives left), the game starts again at a higher level.

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