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Super dig this game. Bullet heaven at its core, yes a tad difficult, but a fun challenge. Crucial to survival on my better runs: obtaining and upgrading specifically the Attack Boost and Spread Shot powerups, which means priority targeting the tan-jacketed Agents for their pink Phone drops. Regardless of the other Phone Abilities taken, those two seem most critical. 


Also I enjoy the skill involved in scrambling to shoot the weakest enemies, collect powerups and beef myself up before even stronger mobs start appearing. Gotta be quick about it, and avoid Q-Berts with their high HP early on. 


Lastly, I appreciate the history and nostalgia of all the great (and crappy) Atari stars and easter eggs of the 2600 era, and enjoy STILL playing "Name That Game Character" with some of the enemies encountered.  Would totally love to see other achievements and goals added, such as kill X-amount of Q-Berts, Pac Mans, etc... Great job!

Thanks for this thoughtful post!  I've played E.T Returns a ton (lots making it of course, but I've come back and played it SO many times since then), and I've been really curious what strategies others used in terms of building power-ups. I personally like speed, bombs, and attack boost as my big 3. Spread was originally my favorite, but over time I liked it less (no particular reason - maybe I overused it early on?). I also became a big fan of the pit attack since it's a powerful way to run away from enemies and still throw down a devastating attack. Anyway, thanks so much for playing my game and thanks again for this really awesome post! This totally made my day! Onward!