Alpha Beam (Cool SHMUP)

Alpha Beam (5mb no install version 1.01 made by Alex Riva 2005) is a great scrolling shoot'm up space game with some stunning visual explosion effects. Gameplay is good with smooth gameplay and wave after wave of enemy attacks and boss's. With a host of interesting weapons, power ups and rapid fire, this space shooter will keep you coming back for more. Keyboard or at least a 3 button joypad is also supported for this game.

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Controls
Arrow keys/joypad directions keys to move
Ctrl key/joypad button A to fire
Shift key/joypad B button to change weapon
Return key/Space bar/joypad C button to activate shield if collected
P key to pause
Esc key to exit

Game Page
http://www.maskedbear.com/games_shooter.html