Quoted from SeaOttre:Also Classic scene from a 1980ish Space 1999 comic book (Hanna babarbra) where Commander Koeing and crew fight a hydra on a planet with lasers mounted in their cigar boats... far from the safety of moonbAse alpha.
I loved this game at the local arcade in the day.
I always wondered why the name didn't match the backglass art. Now it makes sense.