Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future is a 1985 action game with adventure elements, based around a mission to stop the Mekon from destroying Earth with a hollowed-out asteroid. Dan travels aboard the Anastasia with Professor Peabody, Digby, and the alien Stripey, but must rescue the captured prisoners after landing.

On the asteroid, Dan explores multiple screens, discovers useful items, and selects contextual actions near important objects. He can also throw a limited number of grenades, while encounters with Treens switch the game into boxing mode, where guarding and punching are controlled directly.

The objective is to enter the complex, free the prisoners, destroy the navigation computers, defeat the Mekon, and escape. The game was developed by Gang of Five and published by Virgin Games for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.