Sheep in Space

Sheep in Space is a video game in the action genre developed by Llamasoft Ltd. and published by Llamasoft Ltd. originally released in 1984. It is currently playable on Commodore 64.

The Zzyaxians are on a quest to dominate every part of the Universe and have set their sights on the neutron star Sothis B below. Standing in the way are the humans who have established a colony to study the star and have made it heavily defended with Mega Super Zappera Proton-Photon-Muon-Zeon Pulsed Beam Ion-Path Hyperatonic Blaster cannons. Instead of an attack on the colony, they have built a Planet Buster cannon that will destroy the colony. To activate the cannon they need power from the power plants of the supply modules that have an Earth-like eco-structure and supply the colony with its food. The modules are only defended by an Interstellar Space Sheep, so the Zzyaxians send droids to destroy the Sheep and harvest the energy.

You control the sheep and with your blaster you must destroy 16 droids in each of the 48 levels and save the colony. To help you, you also have a shield, if hit 6 times by a bullet or droid then you lose one of the four lives and it's game over. Another useful feature is the Djump ability, which allows you to transport to the nearest hostile. However, you have to be careful with your stomach, as the longer you play, the hungrier you get. To fill it you have to land on a grassy area of the module (all other surfaces kill your sheep) to feed. Feeding also replenishes the sheep's shields. If you overfeed, you explode. If the worst happens and the colony is destroyed, you can still kill all the droids to take revenge in Free Space.

Sheep in Space is a horizontal shooting game viewed from the side with the screen scrolling as you move. You can move left or right and use a joystick to control the sheep. The game allows one or two players to take turns playing when a life is lost. Before starting the game you can select the first 9 levels and the amount of charge the Planet Buster gun has, from one to four. In addition to the main game area, you can also see how many droids you have to kill, shields, lives, the state of your stomach and an indicator of where the nearest energy carrier is.

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