T-Bird screenshots

The game does not have a pretty load screen. It loads quickly and displays the game menu straight away.

After the 'Get ready' and 'Level 1' screens the game starts

level 1 is about dodging columns and shooting down waves of enemies. Wave 1 is an arc of flying saucers

The columns are a pain but it is possible to kill most enemies while flying above them

After wave 1 has been cleared the player mus face a series of snowball like things

Wave 2 is another arc of saucers followed by another round of snowballs

Wave 3 is saucers again but in a different formation, again when these are cleared there's another barrage of snowballs

Wave 4 are the jellyfish. These come in high, drift around the bottom of the screen among the columns and rise up underneath the plane.They're followed by more snowballs

Wave 5 is more saucers in a tight formation that come at the plane very quickly

When they are this densely packed together its hard to shoot them fast enough.

That's the last life gone

The hi-score screen. letters are chosen via the left / right keys and are selected by pressing FIRE. I found this hard to control with a joystick ...

... which is why none of these hi-score entries says MOBY. From here the player is taken back to the main menu

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