Phosphor Parry
Spin a shield arc around your reactor and bounce the incoming shards back. Reflected shards detonate whatever they touch, and the blast spreads: long chains multiply your score.
- Year
- 1979
- Era
- Vector
- Genre
- Action / Defense
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Left/Right or A/D, or drag around the core, to turn the arc.
- Catch glyphs for a wider arc or slow-mo.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Drag around the core to turn the arc.
- Catch glyphs for a wider arc or slow motion.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Designer’s note
A shield is a defensive tool until you notice that what it reflects can still explode. The design question was how to reward a long chain without letting one lucky blast decide the run, so detonations spread but the arc stays small. The glow is a vector display dream; the maths underneath is a plain angle and a radius.
The Vector era, 1977–1982
Glowing phosphor lines on black glass: wireframes, starfields and one bright dot doing something impossible.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded, so clearing site data clears the table.
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