Shadow World
Jantor is the name of the harsh and desolate planet that lies half in this
dimension, and half in another. The strangeness of this shadow world is a
result of the presence of large quantities of tricasmium; a rare ore with
subtle and unusual properties. A Rigillian fleet has been sent to conquer
Jantor, and only your Space Hornet interceptor can stop it.
_Shadow World_ is a mostly side-scrolling shooter, ala Defender. Rigillian
crystal ships slowly descend from the sky, and can only be defeated by having
their central core destroyed using your interceptor’s plasmatronic cannons.
These crystal ships deploy a skimmer, which retrieves tricasmium from the
surface, allowing the ships to descend safely. They also deploy guardian
drones which act as escorts. Once a crystal ship reaches the surface of the
planet, it becomes a colonizer and impervious to weapon fire. The colonizers
can only be inactivated by picking up a tricasmium nugget and then flying over
the entrance of the colonizer.
Your interceptor is armed with a small number of smart bombs, which
obliterates enemies on the screen and returns you to your base. Successful
destruction of each waves of ships rewards you with another smart bomb. Armed
with cannons and these bombs, you must prevent five active crystal ships from
landing, or the entire planet will be sucked into a temporal vortex.