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Annihilator 2 seems to be a descendant of the popular arcade game Defender. It is not quite as good but almost equally addictive.

The object is to blast everything in sight, except certain space beings and debris. You may fire horizontally and move in all directions. All this would be quite easy if it was not for the fact that the objects tend to move in your direction. If you do not keep moving, it's fairly certain you will not last more than a few seconds. The game is played on a series of levels; each consecutive level being harder.

You need fast reactions and a high quality joystick is necessary (I used a Quickshot). The game is harder to play using a cheaper, less sensitive model.

The program loaded well, although it is only saved on one side. I would have thought it common practice to use both sides by now.

The graphics could be improved considerably in places. For the sake of a few more hours potentially very good game has been downgraded.

The instructions, on a program title page, are badly set out and hard to read.

K.I.