Hell Gate was designed to be a total sensory-overload-blast-fest. In an evolution of the Laser Zone idea, the player controls four guns that fire rapidly into an arena where numerous enemies rez up for destruction. Seemingly impossible to play at first, after awhile the player could attain an almost Zen-like state where the whole thing actually made sense.The player got special bonus points for not shooting tiny goats that would periodically appear in the arena.