Better Dead than Alien

Developer: ODE	Graphics:
Publisher: Electra	Sound:
Year: 1988	Difficulty:
Genre: Shoot'em up	Replay value:
Number of players: 2 simultaneously	My overall rating:	7/10

A fun parody of Space Invaders (and American comics), with bags of playability and funny sound effects.
Power-up system is borrowed from the breakout games: shot aliens loose from time to time a capsule that you must catch (without shooting it, otherwise bybye the bonus). An enemy that carries a capsule is recognizable by its green glow. It may be wiser to kill him last, because you can get a good weapon for the duration of the next level, and less risk of destroying or losing the capsule by mistake.

The endless waves of aliens are interspersed with fields of asteroids and duels with bosses. Many options are included: 2 player mode, passwords, possibility to play with the mouse, keyboard and joystick.

Places to download:
Emuparadise
Planet Emulation
The Game Archives
The Old Computer

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