Planet Harriers
Planet Harriers is an Adventure, Shooter, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Sega. Throughout the gameplay, the player gets control over a twin cabinet, where the main mission is to shoot all the enemies coming forward. The panel has a joy-stick to control the movement of the cabinet and attack buttons to shoot the invaders.
The game has four main characters, such as Glenn, X, Corey, and Nick, each with significant abilities and combat skills. The player can customize the characters and upgrade them by making progress through the game. In solo mode, the player faces the horde of enemies as alone, but in multiplayer mode, four players make the team and eliminate the attackers.
The player has limited health, and as the attackers attack the player, health decreases. In multiplayer mode, the player can dock together to recover the lost health. The game is easy to play but it requires a bull’s eye to eliminate all the opponents.
#1 Defender
Defender is an Action, Side-scroll, and Single-player Shooting video game produced by Williams Electronics. The game revolves around shoot ‘em up elements and takes place on the fictional planet invaded by hordes of aliens. The player can get into the role of the protagonist, and his task is to control a spacecraft and explore the world from side-scroll perspective while avoiding obstacles. It has a set of levels, and the player has to face off the waves of aliens in each level. The spaceship is loaded with weapons that the player can use against aliens to destroy them. As the player progresses through the game, the level difficulty will be increased. The player can fly in both right and left direction to kill aliens. The player requires to pick up power-ups to enhance his abilities or upgrade his weapons. With old-classic graphics, excellent mechanics, and smooth controls, Defender is the game released in 1981 to play and enjoy.
#2 SkyRoads
SkyRoads is a 1983 Platform and Single-player video game developed Bluemoon and published by Creative Dimensions. The game takes place in the 3D environment filled with challenging obstacles. The player can control a spacecraft in the beautiful world where he has to survive as long as possible to reach the end of each level to complete it. The spacecraft is capable of jumping using spacebar while using arrow keys to avoid obstacles. There are two different meters available, one of them describes the gravity of planet while another tells the level progress. The game will restart if the ship destroys by interacting with any obstacles. Multiple colors are available such as Dark Gray, Dark Green, Light Green, Light Red, etc. of roads in the space environment. The player shifts to the next level as the previous level complete by the player. With core features, brilliant graphics, and excellent controls, SkyRoads is the best game to play and enjoy.