DARE FORWARD

Field order: one rifle, five grenades. Take the four territories.

A one-soldier, flick-screen raid in the style of the classic arcade commando games. Push north one screen at a time through enemy ground, clear each garrison, and secure all four territories before you run out of lives.

FEATURES

  • Four territories: Oasis Cut, Walled Mile, Blackwater Span and The Redoubt, each with its own ground and layout.
  • Rescue prisoners: blue uniforms are POWs. Free them, and never shoot them.
  • Grenades: start with five and find more in the field. They arc over cover, but your own blast will kill you.
  • Trenches stop rifle fire, for you and for the enemy.
  • Bridges are the only way across water, and the enemy knows it.
  • Riflemen, snipers, officers, mortar crews and jeeps.
  • Rank up from Trooper to Major as your score climbs. Your best score is saved.
  • Hand-drawn pixel sprites and a synthesized arcade soundtrack.
  • Plays in the browser with keyboard and mouse, or touch on phones (portrait).

CONTROLS

  • Move: WASD or arrow keys (touch: left thumb stick)
  • Fire: tap Space, you shoot the way you're heading (touch: FIRE)
  • Grenade: hold Space or press G (touch: GRENADE)
  • Aim a shot: hold the mouse button on the battlefield
  • Pause: P

Click inside the game first so it picks up your keyboard. 

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