Instructions
Scope Beat
Ride a sine wave and tap when each pulse crosses the ring. Perfect, good or miss, with a signal meter that drains on misses and stray taps while the tempo keeps climbing.
- Year
- 1982
- Era
- Vector
- Genre
- Rhythm / Oscilloscope
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Space, Up or click as each pulse crosses the ring.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Tap anywhere on the beat.
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
Perfect pays 10, good 5, multiplied by a combo of up to x8. The pattern is seeded, so a daily run is the same song for everyone; it speeds up every four bars until the meter runs dry.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 11,000
- 23,000
- 36,000
- 410,000
- 516,000
- 624,000
- 735,000
- 850,000
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Vector era, 1977–1982
Glowing phosphor lines on black glass: wireframes, starfields and one bright dot doing something impossible.
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.
