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Hell Gate is the oddest zap-'em game I have ever seen in a long time.

You have become the guardian of the Gate which at some point in time will be rampant with alien droids whose mission is to destroy your home planet earth.

You are equipped with four lasers situated on each side of the Gate; your task is to blast the droids as they materialise in the gate after they hyper-jump through space. Not an easy task, because there are so many of them: that's why you have four blasters. You also have 'smart' bombs, three for every wave. They are activated whenever an alien hits your blasters; once all your plasmozaps are gone you have three lives left.

Hell Gate has up to twenty levels of play; you can select your own level from 1-8, the rest of them you have to reach with skill. When you reach higher levels, you will see 'zappers': they change colour and on turning red they release a deadly bolt that destroys anything in its path - including your blasters, so beware.

The Hi-Res graphics and sound is very good with some spectacular array of alien forms in various colours I have ever seen. Quite a good game for the zap freak, as you'd expect from this marque.