Spider Fighter

According to the manual, Miller was "the newest addition to the Activision design team." He went on to create the Atari 2600 racing game Enduro for Activision, released in 1983.

• Title — Spider Fighter • Developer — Activision • Publisher — Activision • Programmer — Larry Miller • Released — January 1983 • Genre — Fixed shooter • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Atari 2600

• Illustration — The player still has all three oranges (upper right). In each level, the player protects three pieces of fruit using a blaster that moves horizontally along the bottom of the screen. The joystick button fires a shot upward toward four types of attackers. 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. A nest drops the fruit when shot. The game ends if all fruit has been stolen or all of the blasters are destroyed. The type of fruit varies per level: grapes, strawberries, oranges, and bananas. There is an option to have the shots move horizontally with the blaster after being fired, allowing them to be steered. 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".