Dogfight 2187
Prophecies from times of old predicted that in the Alpha Centauri sector there
would be a great invasion from an unknown enemy from another dimension
indicated by a hole in the time continuum. To prepare for the hole and to
prevent the invasion they split a warp field generator into 100 pieces and
scattered it around space. Centuries later and Scientists have discovered a
hole but no one is sure if the prophecies are true or if the generator pieces
exist at all. You play as a believer called Rhett Dexter and after stealing a
new experimental interstellar fighter you fly into space to find nine pieces
of the generator to close the hole and save mankind.
The game is viewed from a 1st person perspective from your cockpit with the
instrument panel at the bottom of the playing area. Two players are able to
play at the same time with the screen split into two and the players can
either fight each other or co-operate against the computer. The instrument
panel consists of a Galactic Compass, Radar Scope, Countdown Clock, number of
objects collected, fuel and shield indicator, enemy ships weak spots and
weapon type.
As you search for the generator pieces you will encounter waves of four enemy
crafts at a time trying to destroy your ship but you can destroy these with
your lasers and occasionally a destroyed craft will drop a generator piece. As
you fight your fuel will decrease and any hits from the crafts decreases your
shields and if these reach zero or the countdown clock reaches zero then it is
game over. Once a wave is destroyed then any planets or generator pieces
appear and you can track the locations of these objects and crafts shown on a
radar scope which gives a 3D effect of space.
You can carry two pieces of the generator at a time and these need to be taken
to the time continuum hole whose location is shown on the Galactic Map and the
actual hole is a grid of nine squares with the squares being removed for every
piece placed. If your shields and fuel are running low then you can fly
through a gate near a planet which fills each item.