P'radikus Conflict (1990)

Developer: Color Dreams
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Genres: Shooter

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How it feels

Asteroids-style space shooter with RPG progression — earn credits, upgrade your ship, and find the Toson Drive.

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About

Using the typical thrust movement from the Asteroids games, you roam space with your starship to return the peace by force. Starting as a rookie, many enemy ships need to be destroyed to earn credits that can be exchanged for fuel, armor, weapons, shields and warp drives. The commander instructs you with specific missions, such as destroying outposts or freeing alien groups. However, your ultimate goal is to find the Toson Drive, the only device powerful enough to reach P'radikus. To spice things up, there are many weapons such as shock waves, mines, missiles, cloaking devices and atomic cannons. As your fuel constantly depletes, you often need to orbit new planets to refuel and stock weapons.

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