IO (Commodore 64)

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Description

An enemy has entered your region of space in a mothership, and unleashed foes aimed at destroying you. As the planet's top pilot, the player is sent out to ultimately destroy the mothership, in this horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up. As well as aliens, the player will encounter gun turrets and missiles, plus bosses at the end of each level. Levels 3 and also add narrow R-Type-style gaps.

Smart bombs appear on the screen at random intervals, which can be used in two ways. Flying over them destroys everything on the screen, but shooting them turns them into power-up tokens or protective orbs, to be picked up. Players lose all these weapons every time they are defeated by enemies.

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• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

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Critic Reviews

Zzap!	Mar, 1988	80 out of 100	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Apr, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Happy Computer	Apr, 1988	80 out of 100	80
Power Play	May, 1988	8 out of 10	80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	May, 1988	8.8 out of 12	73
64'er	Jul, 1988	9 out of 15	60
Commodore Format	Nov, 1991	41 out of 100	41

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Remake

In 2007 the game was unofficially remade for Windows, with the same title.