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Doomsday

Development Background

Doomsday was the second arcade game developed especially for San Francisco based internet games company Pogo.com (now acquired by Electronic Arts). Doomsday was built from the ground up to Pogo.com's specification, and was designed as an addition to their suite of web based classic arcade games.

Game Instructions

Your objective in Doomsday is to save the major cities of Earth from an incoming meteor shower which could potentially wipe out the human race. You must operate various missile bases situated around the globe in order to defend any cities that happen to be in the path of these cosmic projectiles. You have a limted supply of ammunition, so you must be as accurate with your missiles as possible. At the end of each wave, you will be awarded more ammmunition based on the percentage of the city that you manage to save from destruction.
 

Game Controls

Your missiles are always targeted toward the aiming recticle (cross hair) which is controlled by your mouse. Pressing the left or right mouse button will fire a missile from your left or right missile launcher respectively (pressing 'A' or 'D' on your keyboard will also launch missiles from your left and right missile launchers respectively). You also have access to an SDI satellite defense network, activating this 'super weapon' will destroy all hostile projectiles on screen at once. This weapon can be activated by pressing the <space bar>, or by clickng on the SDI panel towards the bottom of the screen. You should use this weapon very sparingly, as you have very limted ammunition for it, however you are awarded an addition SDI round after successfully completing each wave.

Threats

In addition to the aforementioned meteors, you must also be on the look out for comets which will occasionally streak across the sky dropping more hostile projectiles in their wake. There are also a few man-made artifacts that can threaten Earth's cities. For example, meteors can sometimes knock out SDI sateltites from orbit, sending them on an unpredictable flight above the city, randomly firing their lasers at the ground below. Also, parts of the Mir spacestation can be knocked out, and sent hurtling down towards the ground on an erratic path.

Tips and Hints

Always remember to aim ahead of a projectile's direction of movement, since it will take time for your missile to fly to it's target.

Try to aim your missiles so that they destroy multiple targets, as ammunition might become scarce at times (particularly during later levels).

Avoid hitting civilian air traffic at all costs, as you will lose 5000 points for each jetliner destroyed.

If a rogue SDI satelite appears on screen, make it a top priority to destroy it as quickly as you can. Once they start firing their laser, they can very quickly destroy much of the city below.

Don't waste ammunition or effort defending parts of the city that have already be destroyed.

 

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