The aim of the game is to pick up the drone ships that were captured during the invasion and to send them back home via a warp gate! Do this whilst avoid being shot at by the Earths forces!
This game borrows from Defender / Guardian but the role is reversed, instead of stopping the invaders collecting. You are the one doing the collecting!
The Windows version was my entry for the FreeBasic.net November 2007 competition. The game scored 87/150 points which put it 7th out of 8. Click to view the results.
Despite the different version numbers, the Windows and Java versions are virtually identical. The number really just indicates bugs found and fixed...
Download Invaders : Drone Rescue (278KB Zip)
Version 0.4 (17/11/2007) (FreeBasic source included)
This version makes use of the fmod.dll for sound (included).
Visit http://www.fmod.org for more information.
FMOD Sound System, copyright © Firelight Technologies Pty, Ltd., 1994-2019.
This game was made using Java 11 (LTS) and requires a Java 11+ Runtime Environment (JRE) installed. A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) can be downloaded from Adoptium. This game should also work on Apple Mac's and Linux based computers with a suitable JRE installed!
Download Drone Rescue (43KB Jar)
Version 0.1 (21/11/2020)