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Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future came out in 1987 for MS-DOS, published by Box Office Software. It was one of those games that tried to bridge the gap between television and interactive play, released alongside a short-lived live-action series. On the platform at the time, it stood out for its use of light gun technology, even if the execution was sometimes finicky on home monitors.

You control Captain Jonathan Power, piloting the advanced Phoenix aircraft through a series of side-scrolling shooter stages. Your main goal is to destroy enemy robots and fortifications while avoiding their projectiles. The game uses a light gun peripheral; you aim and fire at the screen to hit targets, and must also dodge incoming shots by maneuvering your ship. The pacing is relentless, with enemy fire coming from all directions, and the difficulty can be punishing. It feels like a raw, ambitious attempt to bring arcade-style shooting into the living room, even when the hardware doesn't quite cooperate.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".