Destination Earth includes nine stages, each consisting of several "waves" of alien attackers and bonus waves. Most of the stages are
planetary locations, like an
Ancient Egyptianish
Mars, Metropolitan
Earth, and
Saturn. Some are non-planet astronomical objects like the
moon or the
sun. On the final stage, the player finds must battle on a "planetoid". The "waves" consist of three preset views denoted as ALPHA (1st person), DELTA (side scroller), and GAMMA (top view or original ;;
Galaga;; view). If a
tractor beam ship is destroyed, there is a chance that a cube will come out. If the player catches this cube, they will get a temporary tractor beam that can capture an enemy ship. Captured enemy ships will then act as wing-men for your fighter until destroyed by enemy fire, just as they do in
Gaplus. ==Reception==