1981 · Nasir Gebelli · Arcade · Shooter

Space Eggs

A single screen shoot'em up, similar to Space Invaders, written by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit platforms.

Released: 1981
Platforms: Apple II Atari 8-bit
Genres: Arcade Shooter
Developers: Nasir Gebelli
Publishers: Sirius Software
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Science fiction
Country: United States

About

Space Eggs is a fixed shooter video game for the Apple II computer programmed by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software in 1981. A port to Atari 8-bit computers by Dan Thompson was released the same year. Space Eggs is an unofficial version of the arcade video game Moon Cresta.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
spaceship
space battle
single-screen level
instant kill

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Gameplay

The player moves a ship from side to side across the bottom of the screen while trying to avoid colliding with or being shot by the aliens attacking above. Each level pits the player against multiple aliens of a particular class, which become more difficult to destroy as the levels progress.

The game begins with a view of the player's three ships docked together. The first ship, which is the smallest and has only one cannon, splits off from the others and gameplay begins. If an alien touches the ship or successfully hits it with a bomb, the ship is destroyed and replaced by the next one in the set. The second and third ships have progressively wider wingspans and two cannons each. The game ends when all ships are lost.