Just staying away from him will not help the player. He flutters and flies and will home-in on you, attempting to sting you with his venomous bite.

The Butterfly, The pink butterfly appears after the second ball.He gets longer and faster as the game progresses Players are recommended not to interact with him. The Caterpillar, At level six, a green caterpillar moves to the players monitor screen and slithers around.Up to four balls can appear on the screen at one time, depending on the level. Balls, are small, round, white balls that bounce haphazardly around the screen.These apples are poisonous and should not be eaten by the player. Wormy Apples, When rising in level, the player will soon see some apples that have small worms inside.The other cycles are not interested in the apples, and will not eat them. As it is eaten, there is a little 'bleep' and the apple disappears.

Many points are earned by contact with an apple.

Apples, After completing the first level, all successive levels will have apples on the screen, colored just like the Apple logo.

Some points are awarded for mere survival, but many more are awarded for such things as eliminating opponent cycles, completing a level, and eating apples,Įvery 5000 points, the player will receive a bonus cycle, which means they will receive one more chance to play before the game ends. If they get boxed in, they will spiral to their own demise. To make them disappear, the player must restrict the area in which they move by surrounding them. If one cycle crashes, the others remain until they are trapped and crash, one by one.

Likewise, if they crash into anything, they disappear. They are similar to the player except for that the computer controls them. The other cycles: violet, green, and blue, also move in a similar way. If the player crashes into anything, their cycle is 'zapped', even if they crash into their own trail. Wherever they go, they leave an orange trail. The player controls an orange line with a 'cycle' in front of it that can move up, down, left, or right. The objective of the game is to earn points by surrounding and eliminating opponents, the 'light-cycles'. Quasar is a snake game written by Jonathan Dubman for the Apple II and published by Aristotle Software in 1983.

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