Space Firehawk

Karsten Senkel, free download, 2021

Aspace anomaly has left you facing the Firehawk Empire, who are using craft based on alien technology from 1980. This region is littered with asteroids, but your deflector shields are charged to strength 5. Anything hitting your ship will knock out a deflector shield, and at strength zero the next hit costs a ship. Your craft has an Assault Shield with a limited number of charges, launched by pressing Down and Fire to boost the ship upwards with a protective shield and doing damage to anything you touch.

Enemies include Saucers, Fighters, Drones and Eagles. Stingers drop rapidly towards you and Bugs should be taken out before they attack. The massive Emperors will take several hits to destroy. In an Asteroid Run, asteroids and other debris race down the screen. Extra shields are earned with blue tokens from destroyed asteroids. Dock with the mothership and you can choose one upgrade – boost ship speed, add extra bullets, increase bullet speed, add an Assault Shield, or a Defence (deflector) Shield. You have three ships to start with, and lose the latest upgrade when your current ship is destroyed.