Wraiths

Your rocket sits in the middle of a starry sector, with six spinning wraiths waiting around it. Then they start to drift, each changing course at random every so often, faster and faster. Turn the rocket left and right, thrust, and fire. There is no brake: once moving, the rocket coasts and wraps round the edges of the sector. Only one shot flies at a time. A wraith hit by your shot is gone, worth 100 points times the level. Destroy all six to reach the next level, where the wraiths start faster. A wraith touching your rocket costs a ship, and the level begins again with the wraiths that are left. You have three ships, and the game goes on until the last is lost. The high score is kept.

Controls: Either controller: the stick left and right turns the rocket, up thrusts, and either side button fires. On the title, up and down choose and a button starts.

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. 42, June 1987, page 18: original Commodore 128 program by Cleveland M. Blakemore. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.