Space Station Alpha

Space Station Alpha is a video game in the action genre developed by Icon Software Ltd and published by Icon Software Ltd originally released in 1984. It is currently playable on BBC Micro, Electron.

Space Station Alpha is a shooting game in which the player, as the commander of the last space station in orbit, has to stop a fleet of Cylon spaceships from attacking and destroying Earth. All the action takes place on a single screen and is viewed from a first-person perspective. Attacking ships appear one at a time from the upper right corner and launch missiles towards Earth.

The player moves a crosshair on the screen and has to shoot down the missiles or ships before they reach the planet. It is necessary to shoot sparingly otherwise the weapon may overheat and be out of action for a few seconds. Earth has a shield rating that decreases when hit. It starts at 9,999 and when it is below 1,000 the planet will begin to glow red indicating a near end. When it reaches zero, the planet will explode and the game will end. Enemies attack in fifty waves, gradually getting faster in each wave.

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