Ophiuchus | A Mysterious 1982 Arcade Game Demands More Than Quarters

A strange arcade cabinet waits inside a gas station in “Ophiuchus” by Dan Wilder. It’s 1982, and twelve-year-old Darcy Reed is looking for a game worth her quarters at Rocco’s Gas and Go. The unfamiliar machine offers something she has never played before, but its alien imagery and unsettling demands suggest the stakes extend beyond a high score. Retro gaming nostalgia gives way to science-fiction horror as Darcy learns that the controls do more than move a character on a screen. What happens when the game starts making its own moves—and expects her to keep playing?

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