Just
imagine... you're in
a bar, or a laundromat, or a convenience store. You have some
time to kill and a few quarters rattling in your pocket. They have one
video game here, in a dim corner of the room, and for once it isn't
Golden Tee or NFL Blitz. Instead, it's some
battered and obscure machine from the 80s,, some game you've never
heard of called... Alphacom
5.
A
block of backlit text above the screen explains:
THE MOON IS AT WAR WITH THE EARTH
You must defend the Lunar Republic against the incoming nuclear attack.
Use your antimissile launchers to destroy enemy ballistic
missiles and the wily aerospace bombers. Your supply of
missiles is limited, so make your shots count. Be careful, bombers
defend themselves as well as attacking your launchers. GOOD
LUCK!
The
illuminated
coin slot beckons... (Requires Flash Player; works best at
1024x768 and above, with at
least 550 pixels of viewable web page height.)