Arcade game the phoenix

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Phoenix is an outer space-themed, fixed shooter similar to Taito's Space Invaders. The Phoenix mothership is one of the first video arcade game bosses to be presented as a separate challenge. This was before the term boss was coined. The player controls a spaceship that moves horizontally at the bottom of the screen, firing upward.

Enemies, typically one of two types of birds, appear on the screen above the player's ship, shooting at it and periodically diving towards it in an attempt to crash into it. The ship is equipped with a shield that can be used to zap any of the alien creatures that attempt to crash into the spaceship. The player cannot move while the shield is active and must wait approximately five seconds before using it again. The player starts with three or six lives, depending on the settings.

Each level has five separate rounds. The player must complete a round to advance to the next. The game continues with increasing speed and unpredictability of the bird and phoenix flights.

Reviewer: cactustrain - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 27, Subject: Game controls Play online Make full screen and turn the sound on left cursor - move left right cursor - move right left ctrl - fire left alt - force wall 5 - insert coin 1- start. Reviewer: dizdutch - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 18, Subject: Controls Insert coin - 5 Start - 1 Move left and right - arrow keys Fire - ctrl.

Reviewer: Jerry Cornelius - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 16, Subject: Plays just as great today! I used to play this in the arcades when it first came out and always thought it fun and challenging. Plays smoothly on the internet arcade and is every bit as fun today as it was so many years ago. If the player was able to kill the creature then the game would cycle back to the first stage. Getting rammed by any phoenix or being hit by their shots would cause the player to lose a spaceship and the game would end when there were no more spaceships in reserve.

A secret bonus occurs during the first stage, which the player must shoot three Phoenixes flying away at a diagonal within only two seconds, which nets a , point bonus. Arcade Museum page. Retro Game Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Recent blog posts Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central.

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