Astro-Panic!

Seven flying saucers swarm over your laser base, darting in random directions. Shoot them all to clear the wave for 100 points; the next wave is faster. A saucer is worth 5 to 25 points when hit, the higher it is the more, and one shot can bring down several. You have one shot in the air at a time. A saucer that dives onto your base destroys it, and the whole swarm of seven comes back. You have three bases, and levels go on up to 99. A base that sits still for four seconds turns grey and scores nothing until it moves again. Your score and the high score are shown.

Controls: Use controller 1 or 2. The stick moves the base left and right, and either button fires; hold it to keep firing.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, February 1984: original Commodore 64 program by Charles Brannon. A VIC-20 version followed on the April 1985 disk. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.