Silent Assault yɛ saa NES agodie no mu biako a efi ase wɔ premise a ɛyɛ fɛwdi nanso ɛyɛ anigye mu —ahɔho hohoro asraafo no nyinaa, nanso ɔkwan bi so no, wo ho nni asɛm. Enti seesei ɛyɛ wo nko ara, ɔsraani a ɔyɛ ankonam, a worebɔ nnipa asraafo asorɔkye ne ahɔho a wɔyɛ monster a wɔn ho yɛ nwonwa wɔ mmeae ahorow awotwe.

Ɔfã a edi kan no tow wo kɔ mu pɛɛ: worekwati tank ahorow, worehuruw afa amena so, na woretetew asraafo bere a saa orbs a ɛsensɛn nsu so a ɛyɛ hu yi bɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛsɔ wo zap no. Mekae sɛ na misusuw sɛ nea ɛhyɛ so no te nka sɛ ɛyɛ den kakra mfiase no, nanso owu kakraa bi akyi no, wunya nnyigyei no —bere a worehuruw no yɛ biribiara. Power-ups no boa, titiriw bere a woto hintidua wɔ spread shot anaa bere tiaa mu invincibility (a, nokwarem no, ɛte nka sɛ ɛyɛ tiaa dodo) so.

Akyiri yi levels no bi yɛ atirimɔdensɛm —te sɛ nsukyenee wiase a biribiara twetwe, anaasɛ ahɔho hintidua a ɛwɔ saa mmoawa a wɔsɛe ɔfasu a ɛyɛ yaw no. Nanso biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛma abotɔyam wɔ atamfo nhwɛso ahorow a wɔbɛkyere agu wɔn tirim na awiei koraa no wɔreprapra ɔfã a ɛyɛ den mu. Kɛkɛ a, nhwɛ kwan sɛ asɛm a emu dɔ bɛba —ɛyɛ 8-bit adeyɛ a ɛho tew a ɛwɔ nnyigyei a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛkyere adwene.