Spider Fighter

Spider Fighter is a fixed shooter designed by Larry Miller for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1982.

Each level contains a set number of "master nests": enemies which can grab a piece of fruit and drag it off the left side of the screen.

[2] At the time of release, anyone who sent a photo showing a score of 40,000 or more points received a patch for the Activision "Spider Fighters".

[2] Spider Fighter was not as successful as Activision's other fixed shooter released earlier the same year, Megamania.

[6] Writing for AtariHQ, Keita Iida said "2600 players who are familiar with Activision's usual efforts (which are exceptional overall) might feel a bit let down by Spider Fighter.

The player still has all three oranges (upper right).