A gentle Kaboom!: a gull drops shells and a stack of three buckets follows your finger along the sand. Every catch plays the next note of a rising run; the tide takes what you miss. Atari 800XL or Commodore 64 blue, and a CALM dial with no game over.
PRESS PLAY. SEE WHAT HAPPENS.Pick 800XL or C64 and let it boot, or tap to skip the READY prompt.
Tap to start a wave and keep the buckets under the falling shells. Each catch is worth the wave number.
Miss one and the tide takes a bucket; one comes back every 1000 points. Try CALM for a beach with no game over.
Open the game, choose a machine and a dial, and start catching.
Waves, scoring, moods, machines and controls in one document.
The whole game runs in browser files with synthesized sound. Linked pages need an internet connection.
Browser files for a local web server; this is not a native app or a guarantee that every connected feature works offline.
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