Nuclear Invaders - Dancresp - Oric-1 48K - Emulated (Oricutron) - 2,880.

Nuclear Invaders is a combination of two arcade classics, Space Invaders and Cosmic Guerilla. It was written by independent programmer Dancresp and released as Public Domain in February 2013. He also released a few other versions of the game, with the Jupiter Ace version being most notable, written in FORTH.
The Invaders are attacking your nuclear power plant in the centre of the screen. If they breach a wall, the reactor is destroyed, and you lose a life. Shoot all 30 aliens in the wave to advance to another level with a larger reactor, which gives you less time to shoot the invaders. A UFO occasionally sallies across the top of the screen and can be shot for bonus points like in Space Invaders.
The game is written in BASIC, so don't expect smooth movement and fast action. It is a well balanced game though, so the limitations of BASIC do not hold the game back too badly. This would have been a very decent type-in program in one of the 1980s computer magazines. It would be interesting to see what could be achieved if the game was re-written in one of the newer languages available, such as 6502Nerd's dflat, which is significantly quicker than Oric BASIC.
This game was played using the Oricutron emulator on PC. The date of play was the 20th July 2024. There are no adjustable skill levels and the final score was 2,880.
Time stamps:
00:30 Title screen.
00:36 Game begins.
01:49 First life lost.
03:07 First wave complete.
04:09 Second wave complete.
05:16 Third wave complete.
06:01 Second life lost.
06:21 Third life lost. Game Over! Final score 2,880 points.
Music by: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Title: Legend
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