Shoot up the horde invading your world in this CGA colored high score game!

Beta 1.3.0, the final beta build, is out!

Welcome to the frantic arcade pink/blue  space shooter: PULSE! Mysterious groups of enemies in an army called "The Horde" have begun attacking your homeland. As part of the national guard, it's your job to shoot down every last one of The Horde until they surrender!

Aim for high scores in 6 endless arcade modes: Classic, Siege, Defender, Invaders, Asteroids, and Hurricane - with 2 more upcoming! If you'd like a bit more spice to your game, take on the brand-new Waves Mode where you'll fight a menacing foe at the end of the 3rd wave.

The diversity in enemies is high, so read up on the tutorial to know how to fight all of them. Collect powerups in battle to improve your weapon or boost your score, and turn the tides! Fell powerful minibosses to amass points and challenge the formidable "Insane Mode" once you rank up high enough for a chance at getting a massive score!

The more you play, you'll start to unlock brand new features via ranking up. You can rank up all the way to rank 50, but this'll requires millions upon millions of points! But don't fret - each rank increases your score multiplier by a bit! Rank up to unlock new cosmetics, new gamemodes, and more!

Although the game may look peaceful at first, it's not easy! Getting cornered by enemies can easily occur and you must always watch your back - and the longer you're in a round, the faster enemies will get and the more they'll spawn (This also means even more points!) In Arcade Mode, you start off with 3 lives and get another one every couple thousand points, but if Insane Mode is on, YOLO - tread carefully - while you can't game over in Waves Mode, you'll have to stay alive to retain your score!

The in-game soundtrack is from the Geometry Wars series, composed by Chris Chudley. This is placeholder music, and the original soundtrack will be on it's way in the next version of the game.

Are you ready to challenge Pulse? Come on and try the browser version and then download the game if you think you're up for the test  ;)

Thanks for playing!

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Pulse Beta 1.3 43 MB
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(OLD) Pulse 1.2.1 28 MB
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(OLD) Pulse Beta 1.2 28 MB
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(OLD) Pulse Beta 1.1 19 MB
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(OLD) Pulse Beta 1.0 16 MB

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