Software:Alien Attack

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Alien Attack
Alien Attack by Coleco, Model No. 2370, Made in Taiwan, Copyright 1981 (LED Handheld Electronic Game).jpg
Developer(s)Coleco
Publisher(s)Coleco
Platform(s)Handheld
Release1979
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Alien Attack is a 1979 handheld electronic game made by Coleco using a VFD display. It is housed in a bright orange, futuristic-styled case. The controls are a joystick, fire button, and move button. The player's ship can fire in any direction by moving the joystick with the fire button pressed. Movement only occurs when the move button is pressed. Firing while moving is not possible. There is a grid of barriers representing a city that the player can use for cover.

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