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Incoming

"... Missile Command, Earth is under attack ... activate your early-warning defence bases and destroy all incoming missiles! Do not fail ... you are our last hope!"

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Incoming

A little internet history

When games arrived in the browser.

1995
Java applets helped turn web pages into places you could play, with games running inside the browser.
The plug-in era ends
Browsers gradually stopped supporting Java plug-ins. Java 11 removed the browser deployment tools; the Java language itself continues.
Today
This original game runs through our browser emulator. You don’t need to install the old Java plug-in.

Our part in that early web

Our Java games began on Smilie.com in the 1990s, before Matica followed. A surviving Smilie archive from 1 June 1997 refers to Mirkin’s Darts; Matica appears in the archive from 11 November 1998.

These games are part of that first wave of web play. We’re keeping them accessible, along with their original pages and history.

Read more: Java’s early tutorial history · Oracle’s applet deployment notes

Click the game to start. Move the mouse to aim and click to fire at incoming missiles. Sound starts off. High scores are shared between Matica and SmilieGames; loading and game-driven saving await owner testing.

Play Incoming

Original game notes

You are the commander of a mobile early-warning defence base - our solar system's last defence against alien invasion. You must destroy the incoming missiles before they destroy your radar stations.

Move the mouse to aim the defence missiles, click the left mouse button to fire. Press 'M' to turn the music on and off; press 'S' to turn the sound effects on and off..

Warning! You have limited resources of defence missiles - use them wisely to get the High Score! Once all your radar bases are destroyed, there is no hope for us on Earth....

Good luck, commander. You are our last hope!