Warblade is a shareware

Shareware

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 computer game for Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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 and Mac OS X

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, written by Edgar M. Vigdal. It is also available for retail in the Apple app store for iOS devices (in iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad versions). The game is a 2D space shooter

Shooter game

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 in the vein of the perennial classic Galaga

Galaga

is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a space ship which is situated on the bottom of the screen...

. It is a rewrite and modernization of a popular Amiga

Amiga

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 shareware game, Deluxe Galaga, which was written by the same author back in the mid-1990s. Where technically possible, the graphics and sounds are respectful to their Amiga origins.

Format

The game consists of an infinite number of levels, although after the 100th level the levels repeat themselves. The player controls a small ship, which can move only along the bottom of the screen. The aliens change every 4 levels, and you are offered a shop where you can buy weapons for money you collect. There is a boss every 25 levels (25, 50, 75, 100, 125..).

External links

• The official Warblade website