Elecktra "There you are... stuck in space with a 4 directional firing system and LOTS of block aliens." An interesting, abstract arcade shooter.

The gameplay in this arcade game by Brent Silby is simple but also most easily explained by actually playing it. Positioned in the middle of the screen is what I suppose is your space ship. Enemies come at you in swarms from all directions and your only weapons are 4 "things" that you can extrude in four directions (up, down, left and right). At the end of each "thing" is something or other that makes the aliens go boom. As the aliens come in ever increasing numbers and from several directions simultaneously, the game gets really hard and your hand to eye coordination skills are put to the test.

The graphics have a wonderful pixelated, arcade look to them that I really like.
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