Software:Starfighter (video game)

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Starfighter
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Publisher(s)Aardvark
Platform(s)Ohio Scientific, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer
Release1979: OSI
1981: TRS-80

Starfighter is a video game published by Aardvark Technical Services in 1979 for Ohio Scientific computers. Three versions of the game were sold so they could work on a range of OSI hardware: Starfighter 540, Starfighter 600, and Starfighter Alphabetics.[1] It was ported to the TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer.

Plot

Starfighter is a game in which the player commands a starfighter, using photon torpedoes and missiles against enemy starfighters, battleships, cruisers, and supercruisers in the Alpha Centauri system.[2]

Reception

Bruce Campbell reviewed Starfighter in The Space Gamer No. 61.[2] Campbell commented that "While I have enjoyed playing Starfighter, I refuse to recommend a program that so badly needed additional debugging."[2]

References

  1. "Aardvark Technical Services Catalog". http://vintagecomputer.ca/files/OSI/Aardvark%20Catalog%20Undated.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Campbell, Bruce (March 1983). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (Steve Jackson Games) (61): 41.