Insects in Space

Insects in Space is a side-scrolling shooter with gameplay similarities to Defender. St. Helen travels to the remains of Earth to rescue babies from bees that capture them, drain their life energy, and create new monsters.

Stages span two vertically connected screens, with a floor below and a ceiling above. St. Helen can move in either direction, while a radar indicates where a kidnapping is taking place. Rescued babies can be returned to the ground for points or held to eventually become power-ups. A summoned dust cloud can also teleport Helen near a bee target.

Released in 1988, the game was developed by Sensible Software and published by Hewson and Hewson Consultants Ltd. It appeared on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, and Commodore C64/128/MAX.