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The laser is your main weapon and your only way of moving around the screen   Picking up credits will allow you to upgrade various aspects of both the ball and the laser.   As your level increases, the amount, difficulty, and score value of enemies also increases.    Get hit without your shield or leave the screen and it’s game over.          Hit boost to zoom across the screen, fight gravity, or deal extra damage to your enemies. Shut down the laser to spin your ball around faster to avoid that approaching wall, snag some credits before they disappear, or escape the approaching bomb. Destroy the enemies as fast as you can to keep your score multiplier going. Drop a screen clearing pulse and hope to pick up another shield charge to stay in the fight a little longer.            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