Meteor Commander

Meteor Commander is a retro-style arcade shooter in which you pilot a small spaceship just outside Earth's orbit and defend the planet from waves of incoming meteors. Enemy ships also try to stop you, and the game raises the possibility that they caused the meteoric onslaught. Destroy meteors and enemies before they destroy you.

Weapons and tools

Your ship uses four tools to break apart meteors and fight enemies. Destroying enemy ships can yield parts needed to equip upgraded tools.

• Primary Cannon: your basic gun, used against meteors and enemies; aiming matters.
• Übercannon: sprays bullets, but its ammunition is limited.
• Pulsar: unleashes a blast against swarms of enemies and meteors.
• Magnetizer: draws metallic objects toward your ship, making it easier to collect them. It does not attract organic matter.

Samples and pilots

You can collect alien corpses, called “Samples,” for research and extra points. If your ship is destroyed, your pilot ejects and floats in space. On your next deployment, fly over the pilot to rescue them and earn extra points; pilots can drift away and be lost. Alien corpses can drift away too, so you need to collect them in time.

Playing together

Two players can play at the same time. During missions, the ship's Quazarian Generator accumulates Gravitational Charge over time, drawing massive iron-based objects toward your ship. Some sectors may also generate Gravitational Vortices, which affect all non-organic objects in the sector.