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Libra: Joust
Your job is to fly around with a lance on the back of a flying bird that sort of looks like an ostrich while defeating other flying opponents and picking up eggs before they turn into more opponents, moving back and forth with a joystick and staying airborne by hitting the “flap” button. Flap flap flap ATTACK dive scoop up egg avoid falling in lava flap flap flap. More complicated than it looks, and nice graphics.
Scorpio: Dig Dug
You dig down deep into the ground to attack your enemies. You don’t just shoot them though — you launch a harpoon into them and pump them full of air until they explode. Or, you tunnel up and get them to chase you until you loosen a rock that crushes them. The deeper your kills, the higher the score. Surprisingly cute graphics until you think too hard about what you’re doing with your aggression.
Sagittarius: Spy Hunter
You’re a spy on the run, driving a sports car with standard-issue machine guns and optional smoke screens, missiles and oil-slick-spreaders. Sometimes you get to switch to a speed boat! If you manage to avoid colliding with any of the other cars or getting blown up, in theory this game can go on forever. Keep moving and keep shooting and swerving. Sounds like Mars in Sagittarius to me!
Capricorn: Whac A Mole
Not a video game, but an arcade classic nonetheless. Moles pop up at random from one or more of five holes, and you smack them with a mallet. The better you do, the higher your score — and in most variations of the game, the higher your score, the more tickets you get. The tickets could then be turned in for (usually cheesy) prizes. Of all the games in this series, it’s the one that is most viscerally real, with a real world pay-off. Keep it practical, Mars in Capricorn.
Aquarius: Q*Bert
You hop around on an abstract, 3D-looking pyramid made of blocks. Each time you hop on a block, it changes color. Change every cube to the target color while avoiding your enemies and you move on to the next level. Q*Bert himself is a weird looking creature, and whenever he “dies” he emits a string of random syllables to simulate him swearing. Honestly, half the reason I played this game was just to hear what he’d say — kind of like when you argue with someone who has Mars in Aquarius.
Pisces: Star Wars
The original, classic Star Wars arcade game. The vector graphics were pretty straightforward, yet the game play was pretty compelling. There was that great Star Wars soundtrack playing, and thrilling action while you fought the forces of the evil Galactic Empire. Go ahead and admit it: if you have Mars in Pisces, there have probably been a few times you’ve wanted to jump into your spaceship and save the galaxy too…
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