Hades Nebula

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Hades Nebula is a Commodore 64 game. It is a vertical-scrolling space shooter. The player controls an upgradable fighter that must battle its way through thousands of enemy ships before it confronts the last boss, Emperor Hades.

The player begins with four lives, and a life is lost and the fighter destroyed if either it is shot by indestructable star-like bullets fired from the enemies, or if it comes into contact with the enemies. A life is awarded to the player for every 10,000 points they score, which can be accomplished by destroying enemy craft. There are fifteen levels in this game, and takes about the same amount of minutes to complete; however, it is a strikingly difficult game to master, and reaching a level of skill required to actually finish the game takes a considerable amount of time.

Notable enemies are face-like ships or bug-like ships that materialise at certain points in the game. Upon appearance they immediately seek out your ship and collide with it unless evasive action is taken. Without speed upgrades your ships is only marginally faster than these enemies so it is very difficult to get underneath them and shoot them. This is further made difficult because these enemies tend to force your fighter towards the top of the screen where most of the other various enemies originate. Also, every one or two levels or so, 'mother ship' bosses are encountered that take a considerable amount of bullet dodging and incisive shots to destroy.

There are two sound options while playing the game; either sound effects or musical soundtrack. The latter is the default mode, and is somewhat dynamic as it changes depending on whether you are fighting a boss or charging through a level. The music adds atmosphere to the game and enhances the gameplay.