Vulgus

             

              Manufacturer: Capcom
              Year: 1984

Descpription: The player controls a spaceship with a single objective:
destroy incoming enemies. The vessel has two different weapons:
a primary weapon with infinite ammo and a limited supply of bombs.

By picking up the "Pow" icons, which sporadically appear throughout
the levels, the player can replenish supplies.

In contrast to most other titles of this genre, the game does
not have distinctive levels. Instead, the background alternates
between the surface of a planet and a space field.

The game repeats with increased difficulty until the player
has lost three lives. Thus the game can be considered, in terms
of gameplay, somewhere between a fixed shooter and a scrolling shooter.

Because the player's ship is destroyed if hit only once and
there are no continues available, it is generally a better
strategy to avoid enemies than to try destroying them.