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Tomohiro Nishikado designed this 1978 fixed shooter for arcades, in which you slide a laser cannon, the Laser Base, along the bottom of the screen and fire at alien invaders above. They start as five rows of eleven in most versions, move sideways as a group and drop lower each time they reach an edge. You win by shooting them all, but if they reach the bottom the game is over no matter how many lives you have. Their shots cost a life when they hit your cannon, and losing all lives also ends the game. A shrinking gap between a cannon and a descending formation still builds pressure today.
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