Beam

arcade game for Commodore 64, 1989

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Beam is an action game in which the player has to link together energy
stations. To do so he moves around the playfield and bumps into said
stations. Then the last two get linked with a red energy beam which is deadly
when touched. Each of the 27 levels is won when all stations are linked.

There are many obstacles which hinder the player's progress, e.g. magnets and
high gravity zones which affect the craft's movement or moving balls which
should not be touched. The game features to modes of control: direct or
rotational.

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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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       [PAUSE] - stop/continue game
          [F9] - quick load game state
         [F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
         [F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
  [ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
    [PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)