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Play online games free | Star Castle homage: Star Citadel
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Star Citadel is a free online homage to Cinematronics' classic 1980 arcade game, Star Castle. The aim of the game is to destroy the cannon protected by the shield rings in the centre of the screen. To do this you have control of a small, but manoeuvreable ship, with which you can attack the cannon. Keyboard controls for desktop and laptop. Fire (hold to shoot continuously). Tilt and touch controls for mobile and tablet. To thrust and fire you TOUCH. Of the screen to THRUST. Of the screen to FIRE. You can...
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Star Citadel Tips and Tricks. Keep on the move. You won't notice this so much in lower levels but, as the game progresses, camping becomes an increasingly poor strategy. You become easy pickings, both for the faster moving mines, and the central turret's fire, which increases in size and speed as the levels increase. Unlike Space Rawks! Take advantage of the fact that your ship will bounce off the shield rings. You can use this to quickly change, or reverse, direction. Vulnerable to cannon fire if you're...
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Whilst the first couple of levels don't present too much of a challenge, crowd control is key. It's very easy to become overwhelmed with hordes of smaller asteroids if you're too liberal spraying shots everywhere destroying the larger ones. Once you've picked off one or two larger asteroids, spend some time cleaning up their smaller offspring before you move on. This becomes particularly important on higher levels where asteroids of all sizes move faster. Try to stay in the centre of the screen as much a...
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From Star Castle to Star Citadel. Funny thing about Star Castle: it’s a classic. An amazingly fun game. Yet it’s rarely mentioned in videogame histories, and even when it is, it's usually only briefly. This is pretty unbelievable when you consider it provided the inspiration for Yars’ Revenge. One of the most enduringly popular Atari 2600 games of all time - but more on that later. Figure 2. The cannon has deployed its defensive mines, which are chasing the player down the screen. Fortunately, on...Even ...
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Play online games free | Asteroids homage: Shoot The Rocks
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Shoot The Rocks is a free online homage to Atari's classic 1979 arcade game, Asteroids. The aim of the game is to destroy all the asteroids floating (or hurtling) around the screen, whilst dodging the attacks of flying saucers, which you can also destroy for even more points. Keyboard controls for desktop and laptop. Fire (hold to shoot continuously). Tilt and touch controls for mobile and tablet. To thrust and fire you TOUCH. Of the screen to THRUST. And anywhere on the RIGHTHAND SIDE. You can use the k...
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