A remake of the classic C64 shoot ’em up by Thalamus
THE FAST LANE TO HELL…
Two hundred years ago war broke out between the H’Siffian Khanate and the Terran Empire, after it was proven the H’siffians were responsible for acts of piracy. Earth finally won after 50 years of conflict. Things were in a mess, but out of the ashes ARMALYTE INDUSTRIES emerged and seized power.
Five years ago, a space patrol stumbled into appeared to be an abandoned H’siffian research outpost. Armalyte Industries established a research base on the ruins of the old H’siffian outpost where scientists were accompanied by only a token force of light armour because H’siffian resistance was low.
Four months ago Armalyte industries received a message that the scientists were on the verge of a massive breakthrough, but shortly afterwards all contact was lost with the outpost. Communications haven’t been re-established since, and no patrol can get near the place. This suggests the outpost has been overrun by invading forces.
According to transmissions received just before the loss of contact, the H’siffians had made a similar breakthrough to that of AI’s scientists. They had discovered a power source of near-infinite potential, but they weren’t ready to tap the source. AI have decided to hire independent fighting forces to disguise their military involvement – for such risky manoeuvres would surely alert their clients around the galaxy and seriously damage their business reputation.
Your mission is enter H’siffian controlled space and reclaim the outpost. According to intelligence, much of the surrounding area of space is under H’siffian control; be careful out there!
The H’siffians, utilising the resources at the base have an almost limitless supply of ships and firepower far more advanced than our own. To counter this we can equip you with state-of-the-art weaponry and the very latest in military transport. We will be on hand to ferry replacement craft although your ships are expensive and supply is short.
To get the ship into H’siffian controlled space, it has to be stripped of all heavy weaponry. But throughout the deep space battlefield there are munition pods (crystal-like formations in space) to collect. These provide the ship with a massive energy surge activating the inner-built shield rendering you invulnerable for a while.
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Source: https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/armalyte-remake
