Lightforce

Light Force
Publisher(s)	Faster Than Light
Designer(s)	Greg Follis, Roy Carter
Composer(s)	Rob Hubbard
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release	1986
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player

Light Force is a shoot 'em up game released by FTL in 1986 for several home computer systems.

The Regulus system is under attack by aliens. A single Terran fighter of the "Light Force" of Galactic Fighter Command must defeat the invaders and rescue their hostages.

The game is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. The player controls a spaceship which must defeat waves of attacking enemies over five different levels.

The game went to number 2 in the UK sales charts, behind Paperboy.

"The ultimate blaster, LIGHT FORCE is mindless destruction at its very best. An essential purchase."

"The graphics are THE BEST that I have seen on a Spectrum shoot 'em up ... large, colourful and very fast, and the background scrolling is excellent. Sound is a touch disappointing, as there are no tunes, but the effects more than make up for that. Gameplay is extremely compelling but very hard, which can be a little disheartening. I'd recommend this to everyone who likes a good shoot 'em up..."

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