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…
Star Blazer is an arcade developed by StarCraft, released 31 December 1982 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 and MSX.
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.
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
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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