Lazer Wheel

Lazer Wheel is a video game in the action genre developed by Mr Chip Software and published by M.A.D. originally released in 1986. It is currently playable on Commodore 64.

The aliens have decided to invade the eight sectors of the Hyperspace Causeway by placing bombs to destroy them. You are the pilot of a spaceship sent to the sectors to destroy the aliens and their bombs in various levels. The game is viewed from above, with each sector shown on the screen and each sector is in the shape of a circle with you sitting in the center. The aliens and bombs are placed at the edge of the circle and move around the circle to avoid being destroyed. In later levels, the circles revolve around your ship and must be shot at before they explode.

Each alien and bomb takes the form of blocks of different colors (C64) or shapes (ZX Spectrum) and, when shot, react in various ways to try to hinder your mission. This includes splitting into other blocks/shapes or having to be shot before exploding. If you miss a block/shape by firing, a grey block/circle appears for a short period of time and if fired, the bullet bounces off and hits your ship causing damage. If you reach 100% damage, it's game over.

As the aliens and bombs appear and disappear when destroyed, the other seven sectors also have a shot at being destroyed. To the right of the circle is a box called Lase Scan which shows decreasing bars for each sector and when a bar is empty then that sector is destroyed so you must jump into the sectors to destroy the aliens and bombs. A timer at the bottom left of the screen counts down and when it reaches zero and you have sectors left then you have completed the level and move on to the next one where more aliens and bombs appear moving faster.

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