The briefing

About this game

In Demon Attack, players are marooned on the ice planet Krybor and use a laser cannon to destroy waves of demons attacking from above.

The demons combine from the sides of the screen and introduce increasingly dangerous attacks, including streaming lasers and laser clusters. From Wave 5, some demons divide into smaller, bird-like creatures that descend toward the cannon. Starting with Wave 9, enemy shots follow directly beneath the demons, making it harder to move underneath them for a direct attack.

Game Details

  • Genre: Action, Arcade, Shooter
  • Developer: Imagic
  • Publishers: Imagic, Texas Instruments
  • Release date: December 31, 1981
  • Platforms: Atari 8-bit, Atari 800, Atari 2600, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20, DOS, Magnavox Odyssey 2, Mattel Intellivision, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000, Texas Instruments TI 99-4A, TRS-80 Color Computer