Atomaders ®

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Contents 1 Game Info 2 Tips to get a high score 2.1 General 2.2 Level 1 2.3 Level 2 2.4 Level 3 2.5 Level 4 2.6 Level 5 2.7 Level 6 2.8 Level 7 2.9 Level 8 2.10 Level 9 2.11 Level 10 2.12 Level 11 3 Potential for Badges

Game Info

Coding language	:	ActiveX
Game modes	:	Only one mode available.
Nr. of levels	:	11
After last level	:	Game Over

Atomaders is similar to the classic arcade game Space Invaders.

Tips to get a high score

General

Each power up is worth 5 points. Try to get them all. But get them 4 at a time. If you get 3 red, then 1 blue, you will lose all the reds. But if you get 4 red, anything after that won't change your special weapon. You will use this on some levels.

Motherships that come across the top of the screen drop tokens. The tokens themselves don't give points, except for the $ token which is worth 200 points. There are set number of motherships for each level. So for some levels you will need to delay killing all the ships until all the motherships have come out.

LS - Left Swing (from blue ships)

RS - Right Swing (from red ships)

FS - Front Strike (from orange ships)

VS - V Strike (from yellow ships)

Level 1

Hit bottom 3 red ships, plus one red ship from the 3rd row (longest row). Hit RS on 2nd row. Hit RS on 3rd row. Hit RS on 4th row. Carry over VS to the next level. 4 motherships, with 1 money token. 870 points at end.

Level 2

Waste VS on nothing. Hit 4 blue ships on far left. Hit LS on bottom 4 blue ships. Hit bottom yellow ship. Hit LS on bottom 3 red ships. Hit 4th red ship. Hit RS on horizontal line of orange ships. Hit FS on remaining orange ships. Hit remaining ships. Carry over FS. 3 motherships. 1515 points at end.

Level 3

Hit FS on 4 vertical yellow ships on left. Hit far right blue ship. Hit VS on far right (bottom) red ships. Hit 2nd from left blue ship. Hit RS on horizontal orange ships. Hit FS on remaining orange ships. Waste FS on nothing. Hit remaining blue ships first and other ships. Carry over LS. 3 Motherships. 2170 points.

Level 4

Hit LS on bottom left 4 yellow ships. Hit VS on far right set of yellow ships. Hit VS on remaining yellow ships (you can do this without hitting any other ships). Hit VS on diagonal blue ships. Make sure to hit the bug ships (with the wings). Carry over LS. 4 Motherships. 2790 points.

Level 5

Hit LS on 2nd row from bottom of yellow ships (5). Hit VS on middle yellow ship on the bottom. If done right, you will only hit yellow ships and bug ships. Hit remaining yellow ships. Hit VS on blue ships. Hit LS on red ships. Carry over RS. 4 motherships, with 1 money token. 3955 points.

Level 6

Obviously you have to hit all the motherships here, and grab all the money tokens. I've had up to 8 money tokens on this level. Don't EVER get the Avalanche token. And don't worry about any other tokens, but the money ones.

6065 points at the end.

Level 7

Hit RS on the bottom row of orange ships. Hit FS on left column of orange ships. Hit FS on blue ships. Hit LS on remaining orange ships. Hit FS on yellow ships. Carry over VS. 3 Motherships. 6790 points.

Level 8

Don't let anything hit the barriers! You won't get any points for it. Waste VS on nothing. Hit all blue ships and bug ships. Hit LS on the row of yellow ships. Kill off barriers without hitting any ships. Let the 4 red ships get really low and hit them with VS. It's possible to get a combo with it. (it's tough though). Carry over RS. 4 Motherships, with 2 money tokens. 7650 points.

Level 9

Hit RS to destory barrier. Hit all bug ships. Hit all orange ships. Waste FS on nothing. Hit right 2 yellow ships, and bottom 3 yellow ships (that form a V). Hit VS on yellow ships. Carry over VS. 4 Motherships, with 2 money tokens. 8580 points.

Level 10

Hit all bug ships (there's no combo points for them). Hit VS on blue ships. Hit LS on orange ships, and hit 4th orange ship. Hit FS on yellow ships. Wait again on the red ships, and hit them with VS. Carry over RS. 1 Mothership. 9070 points.

Level 11

Hit RS on orange ships. Waste FS on nothing. Hit single orange ship in the top middle. Hit 4 red ships and bug ships in the bottom row. Hit RS on yellow ships. Doesn't matter what you carry over here. 3 Motherships. 9565 points. Last level only gives you 500 points, so you must be above 9,500 after Level 11.

Potential for Badges

• As you can see from the tips section, ML10 is possible, but very difficult.
• The LTP10/ML10 ratio is 1920 games, a fairly high ratio. Since the maximum possible score is only a bit over the ML10 score, it takes a relatively large number of games to get LTP badges. However, the length of time per game is not too long, and is strictly limited by the advancing aliens (except the last level).