Red Alert

Enemy warheads rain down from a starry night sky on six towns and your missile base on its mound in the middle. Move the sight and press a button: an interceptor flies from the base to the sight and bursts there, and every warhead caught in the growing blast is destroyed, worth 10 points times the wave. Only one interceptor flies at a time. A warhead that lands flattens its town, or the base, which then cannot fire until the wave is over. After each wave every surviving town scores 100. A spare town is earned every 10,000 points and rebuilds a lost one at the next wave. The waves come faster, up to a limit. The game ends when a wave is over and no town is left. The high score is kept.

Controls: Controller 1 or 2: the stick moves the sight (it speeds up when held), and either button fires. On the title, up and down choose and a button selects.

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 Ahoy! No. 45, September 1987, page 60: original Commodore 64 program by Tony Brantner. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.