is a video game[1] where the player takes control of a movie monster and attacks a major city, such as New York or San Francisco.

Players are rated even if their monsters die in the attack and can achieve a high score for what they accomplished before expiring.

On the Atari 8-bit computers, for instance, the map is created out of a custom character set and presented in a low-resolution mode that allows up to four colors.

It has the traditional Automated Simulation game mechanics, improved graphics, and a highly entertaining theme.

[4] He called it "my all-time favorite" in 1984, writing "there's something exceedingly attractive about burning down and stomping the Pentagon flat, and in general making an even bigger mess of Washington than the politicians have".