The site also has the NTSC version of Mission 3000 A.D. for American TV sets. It is the same game, so everything below applies to both.
How to play Mission 3000 A.D. online
- Fly the Thunderhawk: arrow keys (the joystick has eight directions)
- Fire: Space bar
- Start a game: F12 (the console’s Reset switch)
- Faster enemies: F4 sets the Player 1 difficulty switch to Expert
- Restart: F12 restarts at your current stage; F11 then F12 goes back to the first stage
Gameplay
In the manual’s story, you are sent after the hidden starbases of the hostile planet G.T. A game starts with your Thunderhawk and one of the starbases on screen, and you can shoot in eight directions. Wave after wave of coloured starfighters comes out to attack you. A radar chart at the bottom of the screen shows where the remaining starbases are.
The game has six stages, which the manual calls “arrangements”, and each one has six starbases. The bars on both sides of the radar show how fast the starfighters are attacking. Green means normal speed. Blue means fast, with a pulsing sound. Red is an emergency, with a continuous sound. Starbases are grey in stages 1 and 4, yellow in 2 and 5, and orange in 3 and 6. You have six Thunderhawks.
| Target | Reward |
|---|---|
| Starfighter | 100 points |
| Starbase | 500 points |
| All six starbases in a stage | An extra Thunderhawk |
Tips
- Keep checking the radar. Starbases are worth five times as much as fighters, and clearing all six earns a new ship.
- Listen for the warning. When the side bars turn blue or red and the sound starts, the fighters speed up. Stop chasing bases and clear the area around you first.
- Start on the normal setting. Expert makes every starfighter attack faster.
About the cartridge
Bit Corporation was a Taiwanese maker of 2600 cartridges, and this game carries its serial number PG207. It was sold widely under other names and labels. AtariMania lists more than ten versions, including Mission 3,000 from the German mail-order company Quelle, a Bit Corporation re-release called Mission 3000, and Brazilian editions such as CCE’s Mission 3000 A.D.
Similar games to play next
- Mission 3000 A.D. (USA) – the NTSC version of this game
- Time Pilot – dogfights with enemies coming from every direction
- Phantom UFO – another space shooter published by Bit Corporation
- Asteroids – open-space shooting with danger from every side