Volfied Apr 2026
: You must retake 80% of each stage to drive the aliens back and save the survivors.
: Each level features a unique, often grotesque alien boss that occupies the center of the field, surrounded by smaller defensive minions. Volfied
The story of the 1989 arcade classic Volfied is a quintessential 80s sci-fi premise: you are a space pilot returning to your home world, Volfied, only to find it besieged by a mysterious alien force . : You must retake 80% of each stage
While your fellow citizens have been forced into hiding in a subterranean location, you pilot the —a high-tech ship designed to reclaim the planet's surface. Instead of a traditional shooter, the "story" unfolds through your mission to physically carve out territory from the alien invaders using a laser cutter. Key Plot Points While your fellow citizens have been forced into
: You control the Monotros , which is protected by a shield when on the perimeter but becomes vulnerable while cutting into the field.
Check out this no-death walkthrough to see the full mission from start to finish:
: As you clear sections of the screen, the underlying background graphics are revealed, visually representing your progress in liberating the planet .
Excellent case. A few months before this was published, I met Lee Ranaldo at a film he was presenting and I brought this album for him to sign. Lee said it was his “favorite” Sonic Youth album, and (no surprise) it’s mine too, which is why I brought it.
For the record, I love and own nearly every studio album they released, so it’s not a mere preference for a particular stage of their career – it’s simply the one that came out on top.
Nice appreciative analysis of Sonic Youth’s strongest and most artistic ’90s album. I dug a little deeper in my analysis (‘Beyond SubUrbia: A View Through the Trees’), but I think my Gen-x perspective demanded that.