''Saucer Attack!'' is a shoot 'em up written by

James D. Sachs James D. Sachs (born 1949) is a retired United States Air Force veteran, video game artist and game programmer. Sachs was the lead artist on the groundbreaking Amiga computer game ''Defender of the Crown'' from Cinemaware (first published in ...

for the

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...

and published by Sachs Enterprises in 1984. The goal is to protect Washington, D.C. from invading flying saucers.

Gameplay

The game presents a backdrop of Washington, with various landmarks such as the Washington Monument visible. Flying saucers descend from the top of the screen. The player has to move a crosshair at the saucers and fire bullets to destroy them. If allowed to proceed unharmed, saucers will hover near a famous landmark and shoot a beam of electricity at it, eventually destroying it. If all landmarks are destroyed, the game is lost.

Reception

References

1984 video games Commodore 64 games Commodore 64-only games Shoot 'em ups Video games set in Washington, D.C. Video games developed in the United States {{shmup-videogame-stub