While Parker Brothers chose graphics over play action on their Star Wars cartridge, they put play action first in this case. It pays off. This game, which looks something like Galaga-in-the-round, feels a lot like the arcade original. Satellites, meteors and enemy planes swirl frantically around the screen to the tune of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. You move in a wide circle around the playfield picking them off and you can get double fire-power if you hit the middle molecule.


When you reach a planet, you get a Chance Round in which you can waste an army of satellites without having to worry about them firing back. But the real goal is to reach Earth, and you've got to pass Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars before arriving there. While the game doesn't have a lot of depth, it will appeal to all of us who never tire of shooting things. And these creeps never stop coming at you! The enemies shoot at you more than they did in the arcade game. One or two players.