FreeStrike

FreeStrike is a single-player, shareware, keyboard controlled, arcade style space shooter.

The story behind the game has the player taking the role of space cadet John Blake flying the LRTD-50X, an experimental long-range tactical defence vessel equipped with advanced weaponry, shield technology and an enhanced quantum pulse engine. You patrol an seven zones of space where a resistance group are operating, your orders are to neutralize the them whenever they are encountered.

The game is keyboard controlled and the player can move their ship freely around the full area of the screen. Enemy ships come in waves, mainly from the top of the screen, swooping downwards to attack while others hide behind their comrades taking up stationery firing positions.

The game has music, optional voiced comments, and a function that lets the player take in-game screenshots. The game used to allow players to post high scores on the internet but, in 2017, this is no longer possible. The shareware game has one zone with three levels while the registered game has seven three-level zones and seven sound tracks, one per level, plus the option to play the players own MP3 files.