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Star Castle remake - Star Citadel - modern variant - gallery 3

My third Star Citadel gallery. If you loved the original Star Castle, you really should give this a play. What’s more, you can play it on your mobile phone (iOS and Android are supported), as well as your computer, because it uses open web technologies that are supported across all major platforms (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS), as opposed to proprietary Flash, unlike so many web games.

Note that Star Citadel has two variants: a modern version, from which these screenshots are taken, and a classic version, which is designed to play as much like the original Star Castle as possible.

Click on the images to see larger versions.

PLAY GAME

Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - The shields have been decimated by the player's last attack.
Well this is really the conclusion of our final attack run from the second gallery. You can see that I've done solid damage to the shields, even managing to punch all the way through, because the cannon is in the process of firing back (it'll take advantage of the smallest gap - here only one segment of the inner ring has been destroyed).
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Looping away from cannon fire by the player.
Still, it looks like I've managed to successfully bug out, and have opened up nice holes all the way through the shields. Now to see if I can take advantage of them.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - The player inflicts more shield damage.
I've managed to quickly spin round for another attack, and whilst this looks OK - I'm expanding the holes I've already created - I'm not really shooting on target if I want to destroy the cannon.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Running away from potential trouble.
Discretion is the better part of valour. I'm bugging out before things get ugly for me.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Some fairly inaccurate shooting has little effect
And I've managed to come back in for another attack run, but some wild firing means I haven't done much other than destory a couple of extra shield segments. The mines are now on the prowl as well. Unlike the original Star Castle, these leave a short trail behind themselves, which makes them slightly easier to keep track of.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - The player manages to destroy a mine in an otherwise ineffective attack.
Coming back in for yet another unsuccessful attack. Still, I have managed to kill one of the mines, which was getting a bit too close for comfort.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Lots of player shots missing the mark as the cannon counterattacks.
I've come back round fairly quickly here, and you can see I've piled in quite a lot of shots that are all just slightly off target... and another mine is getting quite close to me.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Lots of superficial damage here, but no shots on target.
I've managed to do some further damage to the shields, and thwart the mine's attack, but now the cannon has fired its energy weapon, and the projectile is heading right in my direction.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Player turns away to dodge incoming fire from the enemy cannon.
Time to get the heck out of dodge, as the energy projectile passes harmlessly behind me. Note how all my shots are wild.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Finally an on target attack from the player, and the cannon doesn't have a lock.
I really have made quite heavy weather of this given it's still quite an early level but I have an opportunity here. The cannon can't fire, and I've managed to land a few shots directly on target.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - A bunch of solid hits have punched another hole all the way through the shields.
This really is looking promising. I'm absolutely demolishing the shields directly in front of the cannon.
Screenshot of Star Castle/Star Citadel - Somehow the player has managed to get trapped within the shields
However, this has now become a very risky situation as I've inadvertently flown inside the radius of the shields. It looks like I might have got a good shot off but, if that goes wide, it's pretty likely the cannon will be able to swing round and blow me away whilst I'm trapped close to it as that yellow shield segment passes me.