Man on the Run & Space Bomber

Man on the Run & Space Bomber are 2 arcade games for the VIC-20.

In Man on the Run, you have been captured by the Master who for his entertainment, and he subjects you to a time test by placing you in an arena surrounded by deadly aliens. You are armed with a charged photon blaster. The player controls a small character who can rotate in 4 directions, move in the direction he faces, and fire in that direction. Enemies activate at the peripheries of the level and move towards the player. The player must shoot the enemies without being hit. When all are destroyed, the player enters a new arena with more difficult aliens.

In Space Bomber, you are on a distant world in control of a laser cannon with the task of defending a Starfleet storage complex which houses the space warp fuel Xycron. Xycron is the key to the Federation's colonization of the galaxy, and a fleet of alien storm troopers are commencing to destroy the supplies at each outpost to prevent further Federation expansion. The player controls a large ship that moves horizontally at the bottom of the screen and fires forwards. Aliens approach from the edge of the screen and steal a single piece of fuel. Special aliens can steal all the fuel in a row. The plane approaches and can destroy all the fuel in a column, but fuel is replaced if the plane is destroyed. The player must destroy all aliens before all fuel is stolen. The player loses a life if hit by alien fire or if all fuel is stolen.