Star Dust
The Biodroid Empire has launched a mass attack on Earth. Fortunately, its entire network of ships use shields powered remotely from a single generator located on their homeworld. As a feared pilot, you must…
1 February 1987
Star Dust is a shooter developed by Topo Soft, released 1 February 1987 on Amstrad CPC, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
What Star Dust is
Star Dust is a shooter game developed by Topo Soft and released in 1987. It was published by Kixx. It is available on Amstrad CPC, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Biodroid Empire has launched a mass attack on Earth. Fortunately, its entire network of ships use shields powered remotely from a single generator located on their homeworld. As a feared pilot, you must fly your Astrohunter spaceship through hostile territory to destroy it. The journey is viewed from above. The threat is from nine increasingly-tough Supercruisers, which have the ability to launch spaceships, missiles and mines. These must all be avoided or shot out. In this part of the game, you have four lives, represented by shields which deplete as you take hits. The last Supercruiser contains the six all-important Generator panels. This final phase of the game takes place on foot…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Quick answers
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When did Star Dust come out?
Star Dust was released on 1 February 1987 for Amstrad CPC, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
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