I have written a remake of Paratrooper, a DOS game by Greg Kuperberg from 1982. (Which was itself a clone of Sabotage, 1981.)
In this game you take control of a gun at the center of the screen, taking out helicopters, paratroopers, jets, and bombs. Once four paratroopers have landed on either side they will try to destroy your gun; the only way to kill a landed trooper is to have another trooper fall on them. In my version two heroic dogs will also attack landed troopers, but after each attack they have to rest for a while!
The gun has quite a fast rate of fire so in that sense the game may seem easy. When playing for a high score though, it is important to know that each shot costs 1 point, so not too many bullets should be used on each target.
The game was written in Blitz Max.
The music is by coda:
http://coda.s3m.usControls: left and right arrows to aim, Z (or Space, or Y) to shoot, Esc to quit
Direct download (Windows version, 3.6 MB):
http://www.foppygames.nl/Downloads/manotrooper.zipI also have OS X versions on my homepage:
http://www.foppygames.nlThanks!
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