Starfighter
A mix of an arcade and simulation game written by Sparky Starks in which the player pilots a spacecraft, the SC-78503 Starfighter, with the goal to destroy hostile enemy spacecraft.
Starfighter is an arcade, released 31 December 1981 on Atari 8-bit and TRS-80.
What Starfighter is
Starfighter was released in 1981. It was published by Adventure International. It is available on Atari 8-bit and TRS-80.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A mix of an arcade and simulation game written by Sparky Starks in which the player pilots a spacecraft, the SC-78503 Starfighter, with the goal to destroy hostile enemy spacecraft.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Starfighter launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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