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Star Blazer

Horizontal space shooter. You are a fighter pilot on several hazardous missions. In each level you have to fulfill one mission like bomb the radar, destroy the tank etc. The scenery as buildings and warehouses…

31 December 1982

Star Blazer is an arcade developed by StarCraft, released 31 December 1982 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 and MSX.

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What Star Blazer is

Star Blazer is an arcade game developed by StarCraft and released in 1982. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 and MSX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Horizontal space shooter. You are a fighter pilot on several hazardous missions. In each level you have to fulfill one mission like bomb the radar, destroy the tank etc. The scenery as buildings and warehouses and airborne objects as jets and rockets can all destroy your jet. Your fighter jet is armed with a limited supply of bullets for an on-board machine gun and with bombs, also with limited supply. Bombs can only be dropped from very low altitude. Furthermore, your jet has a limited amount of fuel which can be refueled by picking up a parachute dropped out of another plane.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Star Blazer launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Star Blazer come out?
Star Blazer was released on 31 December 1982 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 and MSX.

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