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Game DescriptionTac/Scan is the only game that I can think of that gives the player an entire fleet of ships to control. The player's squadron of 7 ships all move and fire in unison whilst remaining in formation. The game ends when the last ship in the player's formation is destroyed. When a ship is destroyed, extra ships can be added to the formation by pressing the "Add Ship" button, or by catching a bonus fighter ship in a vacant position in the formation. Sometimes the formation will change shape between enemy attacks.There are three stages to each round of the game. The player's squadron is controlled with an encoder wheel. This allows the ships to swerve left and right to avoid enemy ships and bullets. Exactly how the squadron behaves differs according to which of the three stages is being played.
Stage 1 :
Armada Attack
The player's squadron is attacked by waves of Annihilators which fire small yellow
star-shaped bullets. As the stage progresses, these are joined by Stingers which fire
a single laser beam, often directly at one of the player's ships.
Occasionally, one or two extra fighter ships float down the screen and can be picked up by any available empty
slots in the formation.
Stage 2 :
3-D Armada Attack
The gameplay is essentially the same as the first stage but now the player shoots into the screen at the incoming Stingers
and Annihilators. Piloting the ships through the barrage of Annihilator bullets is far trickier than in the previous
stage, as is guiding the squadron to catch any extra ships.
Although the second stage is visually very impressive (at least as stunning as Tempest),
it is not in my opinion as playable as the previous 2-D stage.
Stage 3 :
Space Warp Tunnel
The player must guide the fleet of ships through a tunnel of concentric rings that twist and turn. Any ships that
collide with the sides of the tunnel are destroyed. In later rounds the tunnels get longer, tighter and faster.
This is arguably the most memorable section of the game, and there were a number of home computer titles that
featured remarkably similar gameplay and graphics to the Space Tunnel stage!
Controls
Encoder wheel, Fire, Add Ship Downloadables
Tac/Scan Switch Settings Picture Gallery
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