TRUXTON (SEGA GENESIS SG)

The evil Dogurava, commander of an alien army known as Gidans, attacks the planet Borogo. The army uses five giant asteroids as strongholds for the invasion. After surviving an attack on an orbiting cargo barge, a lone pilot takes the only remaining fighter ship and embarks on a suicide mission: drawing the fire of the Gidans onto himself, while trying to outflank their fighters on the path of the fortresses.

Originating in the arcades, Truxton is a vertically scrolling shooter. The player controls a combat ship which must eliminate enemies with main weapons or bombs. The base weapon comes in three varieties: Power Shot (small spreading projectiles), Sun Laser (a powerful and fast straight laser beam, and Truxton Beam (an electric beam that spreads in all directions if the player holds the button shot).

Each of these weapons can be upgraded to a more powerful variant by collecting power-ups (up to four power levels). Besides increased attack power, weapons can also gain additional properties when powered up (e.g. the Power Shot creates a shield around the player-controlled aircraft). Other power-up effects include increasing the maneuvering speed of the ship up to four times, increasing the number of bombs, and gaining extra lives.