Zybex
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Zybex was a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up game for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers.
The player took the role of a convict escaping from an intergalactic prison. To buy his freedom, the convict must collect tokens to open later levels by destroying the big end of level bosses. There are 16 levels, with a choice of "open" levels when one is completed.
One of the unique features of Zybex is the power-up system. Collecting a weapon icon increases that weapon's power level, up to the maximum of 4. Dying reduces the current weapon by 1 power level, or removes a weapon if it has only one power level. Firing is automatic - the fire button changes the current weapon. You start with level 1 Orbiter (and never lose it), the other four weapons are 8-way (starts as 2-way, upgrades to 4-way, 6-way and then 8-way), Rail-gun (solid beam which gets stronger), Pulse (upgrades to include diagonal fire) and Wall (starts with a narrow field and gets larger).
Zybex was one of the first games released by Zeppelin Games, a UK-based budget game developer.
