The games’ play styles should also be considered retro, with simple mechanics that become increasingly challenging to near-impossible levels, providing a lasting challenge for hardcore players. The original Bit.Trip Beat plays like a musical version of Pong. Players move a paddle up and down the side of the screen to deflect projectile blips, which come in patterns to the beat of the background music. Bit.Trip Core is similar to a rhythm-based game of Asteroids, with colorful, fixed-screen shooting. In Bit.Trip Void, players guide a ship through a moving maze of barriers and projectiles.