Goldrunner

Goldrunner II takes place 50 years after the events of the first game. Since then, humanity has begun using robot pilots for defense, but space pirates have managed to capture them. The hero, the grandchild of the original Goldrunner, must rescue them or at least destroy them before they can be used against their creators.

To do this, he flies through 16 vertically scrolling levels, called platforms, where he must destroy the transport ships carrying the robots. After that, he collects the robots (he can carry up to five at a time), flies to a teleporter station, unloads them, and repeats the process until all robots in the level are captured or destroyed.

Each destroyed transport causes recovery ships—enemy fighters and mines—to appear, and they must be destroyed first. The game also includes dust clouds that block the ship’s shots and smart bombs that destroy all enemies on the screen when used.