Zargs

Zargs is a video game in the action genre and published by Insoft, Inc. originally released in 1982. It is currently playable on Apple II.

Zargs is a 1-player arcade game for the Apple II.

Intelligence has learned of the approach of several thousand mysterious glowing objects from the Crab Nebula region. It has been concluded that Earth will soon be attacked by alien spacecraft. The only hope is to complete and arm the top-secret Zarg spacecraft, military weaponized super-ships built just inside the orbit of the great asteroid belt.

As captain of each interstellar battleship, you must work against the clock to precisely pilot, turn and dock your ship at one of four Zarg ports before transporting back to Earth, where you will captain another ship.

The game consists of 4 levels. In the first level, the player must navigate between asteroids, balloons and spaceships to maneuver his ship out of the top center of the screen. The player can move left, right, up and down. If the player hits an object, a ship is lost, and the player starts with a total of 5 ships.

From there, the player has reached outer space and the second level. The player must navigate horizontally across the screen, as numerous pieces of debris cross the player's path in a vertical direction. The player is armed with a laser at this stage, and can shoot at the debris in his path. The player must exit through a small hole on the right side of the screen.

In the third level, the player must align his ship with the superstructure of the Zarg ship. He has a limited time to do so or his ship will be destroyed. The player must repeat the first 3 levels 4 times, to dock in all 4 pots of the Zarg ship. If the player's ship is destroyed in levels 1 - 3, it restarts at level 1.

After completing levels 1 - 3 four times, the player advances to the fourth stage, where the Zarg is activated, and the alien invasion begins. The player can shoot in the 4 cardinal directions while remaining stationary in the center of the screen. The player must quickly destroy the incoming ships before the alien fire destroys the Zarg.

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