Atom Smasher

_Atom Smasher_ is a single screen shoot ’em up with multi directional
movement that takes place in a nuclear reactor during a meltdown. In the
middle of the screen are some neutrons and a single proton which one electron
moves around. To delay the meltdown the player has to shoot the proton but
avoid the electron since that will speed up the meltdown for a short time. For
each proton that is shot, an extra electron is released. As the game goes on
molten debris will start building up from the sides of the screen and if it
reaches the nucleus the game ends. It is possible to destroy debris by firing
at it. In the Amstrad version it is also possible to ram through it. When
colliding with an electron one life is lost.