Corescape

After your last trade of corefakeium crystals went sideways (your business associates decided to rat you out to the authorities to keep the merchandise, money, and the bounty), you are once again trying to escape from the evil galactic empire (is there such a thing as a decent galactic empire?). Luckily, your chances are great; you are only at the core of the main galactic hub space station, where all the empire's fleet is stationed.

Battle your way out through eight stages in a constant race forward – you have not been voted the "Best-looking blockade runner of the interior systems" for the last three years to be caught by the authorities. Collect additional lives and credits (score) on the way out.

Control is with a joystick in port two – just move and fire, no brains required. The space bar will pause the game, and 'Stop' returns you to the main menu.

Various cheats are available that can be activated during gameplay, but using them will prevent you from getting a high score:

- T: Trainer mode grants infinite lives.

- L: Gives you another life.

- R: Restarts the current level.

- S: Skips the current level.

- H: Slows the game to half speed.

The game has been designed for and tested with PAL on various C64 and C64 emulators (e.g. TheC64) your NTSC mileage will vary.