Save New York

arcade shooter game for Commodore 64, 1983

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Use Control Port 2.

"Save New York" is a shooter where the action takes place on one screen only;
but there are lots of things going on on that screen. You see blue sky over
skyscrapers and subway tunnels beneath. New York is under attack, and you
are a pilot in a little blue airplane who must save it from destruction
caused by aliens. At the beginning of each stage, the aliens begin to drop
from the sky. Your goal is to cruise around in your plane and to shoot them,
preferably before they descend on a building, because then they will begin
to crush it until it is destroyed completely. Once you have disposed of such
an alien wave, you enter the next stage, with tougher and more numerous
foes. Your plane might run out of fuel; in this case, you must pick up fuel
left by friendly planes who appear sometimes on the screen. Often an alien
will lay an egg on the ground, and a newly born baby will immediately begin
to destroy the buildings from below. To prevent this, you will have to leave
your craft, enter the dangerous subway tunnels, and dispose of the young
alien using your handgun.

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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)
         [F10] - toggle performance meter
         [F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
  [ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
    [PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)