San Francisco 2016. A series of earthquakes has damaged several nuclear power
plants, and the subsequent nuclear contamination has forced the survivors to
flee underground. Their only hope to get off the continent is to use newly
developed matter transporters. However, these transporters require certain
types of crystals to work. Since men cannot survive on the surface, the task
of collecting the crystals is assigned to a cyborg.

You take control of the cyborg and must collect different types of crystals in
a number of side-scrolling levels, while fighting off mutated animals. Your
cyborg can jump, shoot and use smart bombs that damage everything on screen.
From time to time, extras appear that replenish some of your health or improve
your weapon. If your weapon is at maximum power, you can also collect
additional smart bombs.

The main task of each level is to collect crystals and use them in one of the
teleporters that can be found at each end of a level. There are three types of
crystals that are used for different purposes. Green crystal teleport you to
the other end of a level. Red crystals take you to another level and blue
crystals are needed to get to another continent. Usage of the crystals is
rather complicated as each crystal has a different charge and they have to be
put into the right slot of the teleporters. Not paying attention to the charge
may even cause the transporter to explode.

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