In Slime, the player controls a small warship, which moves horizontally on the bottom of the screen. It is surrounded by an Absorber on either side of the bottom of the screen. Alien vessels will drop slimes from the heavens, and the player must shoot out wedge-shaped barricades, with the hope of directing slimes into the Absorbers, or at least preventing them from reaching the sea. While doing this, alien spaceships will intermittently plug your Absorbers, or shoot down your wedges. As slimes reach the ocean, the sea level will rise, and when the seas reach the top of the screen, it's game over.
