Star Firebirds
The Star Firebirds are a dangerous alien race which must be wiped out before they can attack your people. This makes for a shoot 'em up with your ship at the bottom of the screen, shooting upwards as it dodges…
Star Firebirds is an arcade developed by Insight Software, released 1 October 1985 on Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.
What Star Firebirds is
Star Firebirds is an arcade game developed by Insight Software and released in 1985. It was published by Firebird Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Star Firebirds are a dangerous alien race which must be wiped out before they can attack your people. This makes for a shoot 'em up with your ship at the bottom of the screen, shooting upwards as it dodges the Firebirds as they shoot down the screen. To clear each of the 64 waves you must destroy a set amount of each of the two types of Firebirds. You have a standard cannon as well as a hyperspace super-move, which can wipe out several Firebirds at once. Each wave finishes with a super-baddy to be shot several times in between its efforts at raining shots down on you.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Star Firebirds launched on 1 October 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games, Gauntlet and Starquake.
Released around the same time: Winter Games, Gauntlet, Starquake.
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