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New game: Alien Intruder, a single screen jump-and-shoot arcade platformer for MS/DOS and compatible.

In space no one can hear you scream, so use your blaster instead!

Info and free downloads: usebox.net/jjm/alien-intruder/

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Blackthorn

@reidrac finally tried it. It's very cool and deceptively simple. I like that dying resets the score but doesn't put you back to stage 1: I don't really have all the time I had 30 years ago to play.

One thing I'd change: it's much more challenging to finish the game without killing enemies, so I'd invert the bonus and give points for every enemy left alive rather than killed.