Instructions
Aphid Assault
A line of cartoon aphids winds down the garden, turning at every mushroom. Hit one and the line splits in two. Keep them out of your patch at the bottom.
- Year
- 1983
- Era
- Golden Arcade
- Genre
- Arcade / Garden shooter
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Arrows move in your patch, Space fires dew-bolts (hold to keep firing).
- P to pause.
On touch
- On-screen < > and FIRE buttons, or drag anywhere: you move and auto-fire.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Maker’s note
A shooter about splitting. Every segment you knock off leaves a mushroom, and the tail becomes a new line with a new head, so a lucky shot makes the garden busier before it gets calmer. Heads pay 100, body 10, and a ladybird crossing the top pays up to 700. The line hurries as it thins; aphids that reach the bottom row bounce back up into your patch. Seeded garden and ladybird.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 1500
- 21,200
- 32,200
- 43,500
- 55,500
- 68,000
- 711,500
- 816,000
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Golden Arcade era, 1983–1989
Neon on black, chunky sprites and a pocket full of coins: short runs, high scores, one more go.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked run, so clearing site data clears the table.
