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As the box proclaims, Space Fury is just like the arcade game.

It starts off with a one-eyed green alien telling you what he thinks of earth people, and how he is going to beat you into submission. Then you start the game proper, with your ship Asteroids like in the centre of the screen. The controls are Asteroids like as well with thrust, rotate left, rotate right and fire.

There are four waves of aliens each wave being nastier than the previous one. When a wave is completed you have the chance of docking with one of three motherships. Each mothership will modify your firepower in some way, enabling you to fire backwards, sideways, or triple your forward fire-power.

The game features four skill levels and one or two player options. The graphics are up to the usual Colecovision standards of excellence. The opening page is very good with a very realistic, and gruesome, looking bug-eyed monster. This monster also appears at the end where he tells you what he thinks of your performance against him (her?).

The game is quite enjoyable to play and can get quite hair-raising at times. The price tag is quite high when compared to cartridges for home computers, but I think it's worth paying for.