Mission X››                             Atari User Vol.3 No.4››It is the year 2999 and Earth has been at war with the evil Veruccan Empire for›almost 25 years. There is a nuclear fallout over most of the Earth and many›survivors have moved to vast underground caves on the Moon.››But now the ultra evil and incredibly nasty Veruccan leader Vyruus has›discovered where the survivors are and has hidden a proteum bomb at the far›reaches of the caverns.››You have been chosen to disarm the bomb. Unfortunately you are flying a booby-›trapped Veruccan fighter which means that the hidden defences in the caves will›attempt to destroy you.››Your task is to negotiate the underground caverns, rising lysozomes and the›wicked space plunger in an attempt to reach the proteum bomb. When you have›reached the device, it has to be activated and your ship is then paralysed for›30 seconds while the booby-trap is made safe. You then have to exit the caverns›backwards and land on the right of the launch zone.››If you manage this before the bomb explodes it will be deactivated. If you don't›escape or crash the whole lunar hemisphere will be destroyed and Vyruus will›have the satisfaction of seeing you die along with the remainder of the human›race.››That's the challenge - your freedom and the survuval of the human race is›guaranteed if you manage to deactivate the bomb.››You have five lives and each collision on the way in loses one. One on the way›out detonates the bomb. The joystick is used to move the ship left or right and›the fire button provides thrust to vary the speed of descent.››Unfortunately the Moon now has an exceptionally strong gravitational field, so›your ship requires extensive and very heavy fuel supplies. This leads to great›momentum and slower stick response. The time you have to get out is not revealed›but an ever-rising tone gives some indication as to your expected doom.›