Starquake
You are a BLOB (a Bio-Logically Operated Being) and are sent into the core of a planet in order to prevent dit from blowing up.
Starquake is an arcade developed by Bubble Bus Software, released 3 October 1985 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and Atari ST/STE.
What Starquake is
Starquake is an arcade game developed by Bubble Bus Software and released in 1985. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX, Tatung Einstein and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
From the great abyss of a black hole emerges a danger of awesome consequences - a planet so unstable that if its core is not rebuilt the resulting explosion will render the Galaxy a lifeless wasteland. To the rescue, Blob, hero of the moment. This Bio-Logically Operating Being is chosen not for his super intelligence, not for his fearlessness nor for his super powers - his is the only spaceship available. Out to face danger he goes - trusty spaceship, flight-board computer and galaxy A-Z. Will he succeed? Will he be in time? He'd better, there's no other chance for the world.
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.
How it was received
Starquake holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 30 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Starquake launched on 3 October 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games and Gauntlet. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Winter Games, Gauntlet.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Starquake yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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