Cyclotron

Cyclotron is a 1-player arcade game for the Apple II.

It is the Cyclotron that provides life-sustaining energy to the surrounding empire, a vital source of power. If destroyed, the empire would soon fall to the enemy Mangan forces. Within the cyclotron lies the accelerator tubes, they bathe the cyber crystal power source with constant energy. The evil Mangans launch terror weapons, strange devices, that streak downwards towards the cyclotron, twisting and turning through the accelerator tubes bombarding the crystals, destroying the source of life itself. The Mangan weapons are a pseudo life form and can mutate to faster and deadlier devices at any time. Each hit on a cyber crystal takes it one level closer to the critical stage, with each stage there comes a color change, until the crystal goes critical, destroying the cyclotron.

The player controls a shooter that moves horizontally in the center of the screen and can fire vertically upwards and downwards within the cyclotron. The player is armed with a destructor, which can be used once-per-level to destroy all enemies on the screen. The player is provided with repair pods, which are generated at a rate of 1 for every 100 hits on the enemy. These can affect some repairs to cool down active cyber crystals. After each wave, an enemy spy ship surveys the area for damage preparing for the next attack. The player starts with 3 lives, and gains an extra life every 10 levels.