Starblade
Starblade is an epic space-opera, set in the vastness of the Orion Galaxy, the year 3001.
Starblade is an adventure developed by Silmarils, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
What Starblade is
Starblade is an adventure game developed by Silmarils and released in 1990. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The human race has been decimated to a series of small hi-tech colonies, by the ruttless, insectile Celphahydras. To finally wipe out humanity, Cephalhydran geneticist have produced Genolyn, a hideously mutated Queen brood-mother, who will spawn a legion of super-warriors. Before his murder by agents of the Cephalydras Investigation Bureau Professor Julius Gordon discovered the location of Genolyn. To outwit his pursuers, he transposed the co-ordinates or her secret location onto a series of diskettes, and dispersed them on a number of planets. Your mission, to board "Starblade", the most technically advanced starcruiser in the galaxy and to find and eliminate Genolyn before she starts to…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Starblade launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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