Missile command

I always spray the left base missiles, then right, then center
But of course, as it gets faster you have to shoot from whatever base is closest, especially for the incoming smart bombs

  • Use the side missile silos (Alpha and Omega) to destroy missiles when they are higher up, and save the center missile silo (Delta) for when the missiles are closer and need more immediate attention.
  • Aim just in front of missiles, satellites, and bombers, and let them travel into your exploding ABM's. As soon as you've launched an ABM and marked the target for detonation, move the cursor to another target. Don't wait for the explosion.
  • Hit bombers and killer satellites before they can drop missiles. Also, the sooner you destroy them, the sooner they'll reappear and the more points you can score. You may want to launch "insurance" ABM's at the left and right sides of the screen even before a bomber or satellite appears, in the chance that one will travel into the ABM explosion.
  • Hit missiles before they divide into multiple warheads. If you notice that a missile has splintered into multiple warheads, try to destroy as many of them with a single ABM explosion as possible.
  • Hit smart bombs dead on, since they're designed to evade your ABM detonations. If you're not good at direct hits, try surrounding smart missiles with detonations.
  • Hit targets before they cross radar line. The radar line is an invisible line marking the cursor's lower limit. Since you can't position the cursor below this line, any enemy missile that crosses it is beyond the range of your ABMs.
  • Don't waste ABMs on enemy missiles that are heading for dirt (bomb craters or vacant sites). Defend your missile base and cities first. If all your cities are destroyed or you are on the verge of earning a bonus city, then it is good strategy to go for the high-score targets like smart missiles, even if they are heading for dirt.
  • Don't let smart bombs distract you. Sometimes you can try so hard to hit smart bombs you forget to defend your planet. Remember that a smart missile can only hit one target.
  • As waves become more difficult, you may be forced to sacrifice some cities. Choose the left or the right, and give up the cities on the other side. When waves become really tough, you may want to defend only one city and go for as many high score targets as possible.
  • Protect your cities with a missile umbrella. This is a line of ABM explosions spread across the screen to trap and destroy oncoming enemy weapons. To setup a missile umbrella, move the cursor rapidly across the screen, just below the enemy missiles and leave a string of detonation marks. Space the marks close enough to form a chain of explosions beneath enemy targets. If possible, spread the missile umbrella in the path of a bomber or satellite
 
I mean it's a white screen for a brief stitch in time right? THE END


I get it, my point is novice collectors place too much emphasis on it like it's a contest to see who has the most immaculate tube
For that dumb statement you are now muted mute
 
I always spray the left base missiles, then right, then center
But of course, as it gets faster you have to shoot from whatever base is closest, especially for the incoming smart bombs

  • Use the side missile silos (Alpha and Omega) to destroy missiles when they are higher up, and save the center missile silo (Delta) for when the missiles are closer and need more immediate attention.
  • Aim just in front of missiles, satellites, and bombers, and let them travel into your exploding ABM's. As soon as you've launched an ABM and marked the target for detonation, move the cursor to another target. Don't wait for the explosion.
  • Hit bombers and killer satellites before they can drop missiles. Also, the sooner you destroy them, the sooner they'll reappear and the more points you can score. You may want to launch "insurance" ABM's at the left and right sides of the screen even before a bomber or satellite appears, in the chance that one will travel into the ABM explosion.
  • Hit missiles before they divide into multiple warheads. If you notice that a missile has splintered into multiple warheads, try to destroy as many of them with a single ABM explosion as possible.
  • Hit smart bombs dead on, since they're designed to evade your ABM detonations. If you're not good at direct hits, try surrounding smart missiles with detonations.
  • Hit targets before they cross radar line. The radar line is an invisible line marking the cursor's lower limit. Since you can't position the cursor below this line, any enemy missile that crosses it is beyond the range of your ABMs.
  • Don't waste ABMs on enemy missiles that are heading for dirt (bomb craters or vacant sites). Defend your missile base and cities first. If all your cities are destroyed or you are on the verge of earning a bonus city, then it is good strategy to go for the high-score targets like smart missiles, even if they are heading for dirt.
  • Don't let smart bombs distract you. Sometimes you can try so hard to hit smart bombs you forget to defend your planet. Remember that a smart missile can only hit one target.
  • As waves become more difficult, you may be forced to sacrifice some cities. Choose the left or the right, and give up the cities on the other side. When waves become really tough, you may want to defend only one city and go for as many high score targets as possible.
  • Protect your cities with a missile umbrella. This is a line of ABM explosions spread across the screen to trap and destroy oncoming enemy weapons. To setup a missile umbrella, move the cursor rapidly across the screen, just below the enemy missiles and leave a string of detonation marks. Space the marks close enough to form a chain of explosions beneath enemy targets. If possible, spread the missile umbrella in the path of a bomber or satellite
Hey I'm not kidding, I average 500k a game and have gotten to 800k and got all the free cities countless times in my life. But dad bought me this game in 1982 when I was 15, so I played a lot of this game in my life
 
Missile Command is awesome and a true classic. I remember playing the full size upright in a local arcade in 1980 when it came out. Took way too many quarters from me. Read a couple books on the History of Missile Command and really enjoyed the History of the development of the game. Found a physically nice example at an estate sale last year. I fixed the game and my daughter touched it up. Then went on to fix three more boards and helped a local arcade get their Missile Command running.

The books I read talked about the record holders and I have no idea how they do it. Learned that the center base fires faster which helped but the game still crushes me most of the time. Once in a while I have a good game but it is hard. Even so the artwork is fantastic and it is a keeper.
 
It is not a black screen game. There are eight black screens. Then blue, yellow, purple,

BS. You just are terrible at the game. After the beginning black boards into the color boards you can see burn. Get some burn then get past the easy black boards

Speaking of burn. Ouch! :ROFLMAO:
 
ANOTHER thread on MC by the SAME member? There is such a thing as retro bumping your own thread!

Just sayin'... (weird thing is, I heard the Men At Work song Overkill just a few hours ago!)
 
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