How to play Base Attack online
- Fly up, down, left and right: arrow keys
- Fire: hold Space and press an arrow key to shoot in that direction
- Choose a game: F11 (the consoleās Select switch)
- Start a new game: F12 (the consoleās Reset switch)
Gameplay
Your craft (the manual calls it a jet, though it looks more like a flying saucer) moves freely in the sky above a stepped city. The bases sit among the buildings and launch missiles upwards at random. Some of these turn into floating balls that then become heat-seeking missiles and home in on you. You have three lives, and you lose one if a missile hits you or you fly into a ball. Clear every base to move on to the next city.
There are four games: 1 and 2 are the junior level for one or two players, and 3 and 4 are the senior level for one or two players.
Tips
- Shoot sideways and down. Being able to fire in four directions means you donāt have to hover straight above a base.
- Watch the floating balls. They turn into homing missiles, so put some distance between you and them early, and never fly into one.
One game, many names
The Home Vision release was distributed in Belgium by VDI and came with a French manual. AtariMania lists the same game under several other titles and labels, including Z-Tack, Cosmic Town, Sky Scraper and the German Raumbasen-Attacke. Reviewers of Z-Tack called it a reverse version of Imagicās Atlantis: here you are the attacker, not the defender of the city.
