Phantom UFO

Phantom UFO is a cartridge from Bit Corporation, a Taiwanese company that made Atari 2600 games and console clones in the 1980s. It is listed as a version of Spider Fighter, the 1983 Activision shooter designed by Larry Miller, sold under a different name. Its exact release date is not documented. You can play it here in your browser.

Play Atari 2600 Phantom UFO online

  • ā† ā†‘ ā†“ ā†’ Joystick
  • Space Fire
  • F12 Reset
  • F11 Select
  • F4 / F9 Difficulty

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How to play Phantom UFO online

  • Move your blaster: left and right arrow keys
  • Fire: Space bar
  • Start a new game: F12 (the consoleā€™s Reset switch)

Gameplay

In Spider Fighter you move a blaster along the bottom of the screen and shoot upward at swarms of attackers. Three pieces of fruit sit in the upper corner of the screen, and certain enemies, called master nests, try to grab one and carry it off the left edge. Shoot a nest and it drops the fruit. The game ends when all your fruit is stolen or all your blasters are destroyed. The original also offers an option where your shots follow the blasterā€™s sideways movement after firing, so you can steer them.

Bit Corporation also released original games of its own, such as Bobby Is Going Home and Snail Against Squirrel. If you want the original Activision release with its documented history and reviews, play Spider Fighter, linked below.

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