Starfighter
Starfighter is a video game published by Aardvark Technical Services in 1979 for Ohio Scientific computers. Three versions of the game were sold so they could work on a range of OSI hardware: Starfighter 540, Starfighter 600, and Starfighter Alphabetics. It was ported to the TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer.
Also recorded as Starfighter 540 · Starfighter 600 · Starfighter Alphabetics
Starfighter
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- 1979
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Starfighter is a video game published by Aardvark Technical Services in 1979 for Ohio Scientific computers. Three versions of the game were sold so they could work on a range of OSI hardware: Starfighter 540, Starfighter 600, and Starfighter Alphabetics. It was ported to the TRS-80 and TRS-80 Color Computer.
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• Title — Starfighter • Publisher — Aardvark • Released — 1979: OSI 1981: TRS-80 • Platforms — Ohio Scientific, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer
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Starfighter is a game in which the player commands a starfighter, using photon torpedoes and missiles against enemy starfighters, battleships, cruisers, and supercruisers in the Alpha Centauri system.
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Bruce Campbell reviewed Starfighter in The Space Gamer No. 61. Campbell commented that "While I have enjoyed playing Starfighter, I refuse to recommend a program that so badly needed additional debugging."
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- 1.Aardvark Technical Services Catalog.
- 2.Campbell, Bruce. Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 61. 41. March 1983.
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