Light Force (video game)

Light Force
Publisher(s) Faster Than Light
Designer(s) Greg Follis, Roy Carter
Composer(s) Rob Hubbard
Platform(s) Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release date(s) 1986
Genre(s) Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution Cassette

Light Force is a shoot 'em up game released by FTL in 1986 for several home computer systems.

Plot

The Regulus system is under attack by aliens. A single Terran fighter of the "Light Force" of Galactic Fighter Command must defeat the invaders and rescue their hostages.

Gameplay

The game is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. The player controls a spaceship which must defeat waves of attacking enemies over five different levels.

Reception

The game went to number 2 in the UK sales charts, behind Paperboy.[1]

References

  1. http://ysrnry.co.uk/ys13.htm
  2. "Lightforce Review", Sinclair User, October 1986
  3. "Lightforce Review", Crash, November 1986
  4. http://www.crashonline.org.uk/38/awards.htm
  5. "Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time". Your Sinclair. September 1993.

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