Earth Invaders - CPC - Mode 1

Handheld games such as Earth Invaders would be an excellent new way of creating games on the Amstrad CPC platform.  

This is a simple game where you dig holes and bury the aliens quickly.

Image Credit: http://www.handheldmuseum.com/CGL/EarthInvaders.htm


While this image below is not an accurate representation of the game
(don't have the CGL machine no longer),
it gives a good sense of what it might look like in Mode 1 (4 colours)

Of course there is no reason why we couldn't advance the design of the game further. A different viewpoint such as isometric might be a nice starting point.