

The converted units can be spotted by their red cabinets. These include current temperatures, lightning strikes, storm tracks, surface observations, watches, warnings and advisories. Out of the 3000 arcade units originally manufactured, around 2000 were converted to Donkey Kong. Rather than tweak a poor game, Miyamoto designed an entirely new game, Donkey Kong, using the Radar Scope hardware. Yamauchi assigned the game's designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, the task of "fixing" the game so it would appeal to gamers.
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Arakawa faced financial disaster, so he pleaded with his father-in-law (Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi) to provide him with a new game which he could install as a replacement in the Radar Scope arcade machines, which could be repainted to reflect a new game. American arcade operators were unimpressed, and Nintendo of America was stuck with thousands of unsold units sitting in the warehouse. The game's sounds were high pitched chirps which many gamers found annoying. By the time the game arrived in New York, months had passed and the buzz surrounding the game had dissipated. The game was popular for a short period in Japan, so the president of newly founded Nintendo of America, Minoru Arakawa, placed a large order for it. When the required number of spaceships is destroyed, players receive an extra point bonus. The initial number of Spaceports may also be pre-programmed at 3, 4, 5 or 6. Radarscope for iOS Version 4.0 is rolling out now on the Apple App Store Download: Discuss this version below Press J to jump to the feed.

Extra Spaceports are awarded at 7,000, 10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 points, as determined by the players. Players are given a wide range of flexibility in controlling the difficulty levels of the game. To reverse this, the players must attack and destroy all remaining Gamma Raiders. The Laser Blaster's "Damage Meter" will light up as damage is incurred and when fully illuminated, will weaken the Laser Blaster's offensive powers. If exploding decoys damage the Sonic Spaceport, the Laser Blaster's firing speed will reduce. The lower on the radar screen that you destroy a Gamma Raider, the more points will be earned.

Players can counterattack with the Rapid-Fire Laser Blaster which zooms the lasers over the three-dimensional-esque field of curving vectors, while it intercepts enemies. The object of the game is to destroy 48 enemy Gamma Raiders before there is total disintegration of all the Spaceports on the player's side. As captain of the Sonic Spaceport, players must defend their station against enemy spaceships called Gamma Raiders, which attack with vengeance and swiftly retreat to formation.
