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Data Storm

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    Overview

    Data Storm is a Master System clone of Turmoil, an Atari 2600 game. Haroldo O. Pinheiro made a first, unfinished version for SMS Power's 2012 competition, and four years later resumed development on it for the 2016 competition.

    Pressing up or down moves your ship up and down the middle alley of the screen, and pressing left or right turns it to face, or travel, down the lanes. Your ship is always on rapid fire, and oodles of bullets can be on the screen at once, so you can enjoy destroying more aliens, more often.

    You begin the game with five ships. Blast all of the aliens in a level and you receive a bonus ship, up to six at a time; ships are destroyed by running into passing aliens. The aliens travel back and forth across the screen at their own unique paces, and the faster they move, the more points they are worth.

    Made by
    Haroldo O. Pinheiro
    Released
    2016

    Controls guide

    Demo

    Button and keyAction
    1Z/2XLeave the demo and start a game

    Playing

    Button and keyAction
    Up/DownMove to the next lane up or down the centre alley
    Left/RightTurn to face left or right; the ship fires on its own. When a Prize is in your lane, the same buttons fly you out along the lane and back

    Cheatsheet

    Aliens

    Slow and medium aliens
    10 points
    Fast alien
    20 points
    Arrow
    40 points; becomes a Tank if it reaches the far side
    Tank
    40 points; only hurt from behind, shots to the front push it back
    Prize
    80 points for touching it; turns into a Cannon Ball after about eight seconds
    Cannon Ball
    90 points; bounces from side to side until shot
    Ghost Ship
    Appears after you take a Prize; cannot be destroyed

    Levels

    Aliens to clear
    40 plus 4 for each level number
    Clearing a level
    One bonus ship, up to 6
    Speed
    Aliens get faster each level; from level 9 on the pace stays at its peak
    Losing a ship
    Every alien on screen is cleared away

    Tips

    1. Each lane holds only one of your shots at a time, and you fire only while sitting in the centre alley, so sweep up and down to keep bullets flying in several lanes at once.
    2. Shoot Arrows the moment they appear. One that crosses the screen comes back as a Tank, which can only be killed from behind.
    3. To kill a Tank, let it pass the alley, then turn to face its tail; firing at its nose only shoves it back a few pixels.
    4. A Prize is worth 80 points but the indestructible Ghost Ship comes along the same lane as soon as you take it. Grab it and head straight back to the alley.
    5. Cannon Balls are worth the most at 90 points and keep bouncing back and forth, so line one up and shoot it rather than leaving it in a lane you need.