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A bouncing laser firing ball called Orbix is the hero of the debut game from Domark's new arcade game label.

Orbix bounces and blasts his way through a four-way scrolling landscape in search of the components of a lost spacecraft, rebuild it, find its crew and let them escape!

The ship crashed on Horca, a planet infested with insectivores and droids that now gang up on you.

Their touch drains your energy but this can be replenished by chomping their remains once you're fried them with your laser.

As the game continues, your quest is constantly interrupted by the need to replenish your energy which has been drained by almost constant attack.

Orbix is also supplied with a series of maps that are almost entirely unused since the on-screen scanners guide you around the screen.

I found the controls irritating (rotate left/right and forward) and would prefer a more direct system particularly to steer through the landscape of factories, palm trees, towers and bubbling holes. Despite this, it's a good debut by a new label and a new programmer.