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   Whammo to gamemaster   
   Re: Trying to remember the name of this    
   07 Jan 16 19:59:57   
   
   On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:06:54 PM UTC-8, gamemaster wrote:   
   > Hello all,   
   > I am trying to remember the game, but it is evading me.  It was a top   
   > down type game similar to Pacman but the maze structure was a lot   
   > smaller since all the characters were much bigger.  The players   
   > character was a guy in a space suit with a laser blaster (shot red   
   > beams).  You could move up down left or right and when you did your   
   > character turned facing the blaster in that direction.  The monsters   
   > were green (I think although they were different types) and wandered   
   > around.  If you impacted them it looked like you melted or got ate with   
   > a sucking type sound.  After winning a few levels by shooting all the   
   > monsters there would be a mystery bonus person/object that would quickly   
   > flip though the screen.  It looked like a person and was purple if I   
   > remember right.  If you shot it you got a mystery point amount.  The   
   > game music really sped up when the mystery object was around.  The start   
   > up screen showed all the monsters from lowest point to highest (lowest   
   > at top highest at bottom) and the mystery person/object at the vary   
   > bottom.  Pressing the fire button started the game.  The maze/screen had   
   > a Sci-fi feel and changed as you went up in levels.   
   >   
   > Sound like a game anyone remembers?   
      
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