Beamrider
My Pico-8 interpretation of the 1983 Activision game for the Atari 2600.
How to Play
Shoot all 15 UFOs to clear a sector.
Collect glowing power-ups but, if you shoot them, don't let them hit you!
Controls
[X] - Laser
[O] or [Up Arrow] - Missile
Thanks To
- Finn for testing
- notehead (@noteheadmusic) for the excellent title-screen music
- PICO-8 for creating an awesome "fantasy console"
Version History
0.80 - 18-Oct-2022 - Released
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Comments
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Great job with this! I'm working on my own version at the moment as well
Fun little game but on the web version I seem to be occasionally firing a bomb without pressing the bomb button. I didn't have that before with the alpha but maybe I used another controller. The power ups are very hard to spot. Bad power ups are annoying. Auto-fire would be nice.
probably firing missiles since you can also push up. Wasn’t in the beta but requested since that’s how the original played.
Ah, I see. Shame.
I hope someone sees this and does a full revamp of the game because your version shows it has a lot of potential!
that is a fun game!
Amazing stuff!