Virus is a frantic, old-school space shooter - Time Waster

If you're a fan of classic shooters like Space Invaders, Centipede, and Galaga, Virus may well keep you from doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

Your ship is armed with a single blaster. As you destroy enemies, you'll pick up the occasional multifunctional bomb that works in one of three ways. Use it to destroy or immobilize enemies, or destroy hexes (like the ones you see in the screenshot) that certain annoying opponents leave behind.

The instructions state that you can "click to fire," but you'll probably find holding the button down and strafing your enemies into space dust much more satisfying, especially during working hours.

Keep an eye on your life meter: as your attackers increase in number and speed, a few are bound to make it past your barrage. When they do, you'll see the magic number drop. If it hits zero, you're toast.

You can, of course, start over and go Last Starfighter on the bad guys. Too bad there's no vomit-inducing death blossom.

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