Mission-X (DECO Cassette) (US)

Mission-X is a two-player vertical scrolling shooter released in 1982 by Data East Corporation. Players pilot spacecraft through increasingly challenging levels, battling waves of enemy ships and projectiles as they ascend. The game utilizes the DECO Cassette System hardware, marking it as the twenty-first title published on that platform. Gameplay involves maneuvering your ship to avoid damage while firing upon adversaries—a common task in the shooter genre. Mission-X was initially released in March 1982 and was also distributed as a standard printed circuit board game alongside its cassette version. A port of Mission-X became available for the Mattel Intellivision console later that same year, bringing the aerial combat to home consoles.