| ID | 4863 |
|---|---|
| Title | Starglider |
| Machine | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max Players | 1 |
| Available Type | A |
| Without Load Screen | No |
| Without Inlay | No |
| Type | Link | Size | MD5 | Flags | Details | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/StargliderV1.tzx.zip | 118,376 | - | Firebird BleepLoadOriginal release (O) | v1 | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/StargliderV2.tzx.zip | 118,432 | - | Firebird BleepLoadOriginal release (O) | v2 | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/StargliderV3.tzx.zip | 109,225 | - | Firebird BleepLoadOriginal release (O) | v3 | |
| Disk image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/Starglider.dsk.zip | 59,442 | - | NoneOriginal release (O) | ||
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/Starglider128.tap.zip | 83,340 | - | Undetermined | ||
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/s/Starglider48.tap.zip | 34,262 | - | Undetermined | ||
| Loading screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/load/s/scr/Starglider.scr | 6,912 | - | |||
| Running screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/s/Starglider.gif | 3,975 | - | |||
| Instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-info/s/Starglider.txt | 21,423 | - | |||
| Game map | /pub/sinclair/games-maps/s/Starglider.jpg | 60,077 | - | |||
| Inlay - Back | /pub/sinclair/games-inlays/s/Starglider_Back.jpg | 152,317 | - | |||
| Inlay - Front | /pub/sinclair/games-inlays/s/Starglider_Front.jpg | 95,280 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/s/Starglider.jpg | 193,752 | - | |||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Starglider_AirborneGroundAttackVehicle-TacticalPoster.jpg | 254,254 | - | Tactical poster | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Starglider_KeyboardMap.jpg | 174,754 | - | Keyboard map | ||
| Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | /pub/sinclair/music/ay/games/s/Starglider.ay.zip | 1,688 | - | |||
| Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format | /pub/sinclair/music/mp3/Starglider128.mp3.zip | 4,664,013 | - | |||
| POK pokes file | /zxdb/sinclair/pokes/s/Starglider (1986)(Rainbird Software).pok | 746 | d4869364fbcc9b8c7d4475154996316a | |||
| RZX playback file | https://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/starglider.zip | - | - | Recorded by Sard (with rollback) - First four missions plus killing Starglider 1. Done with infinite shields and missiles | ||
| Instructions | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0004863/Starglider(EN).pdf | 1,480,664 | 13551288f1c4147c05dcfcfd9f42b051 | None | ||
| Instructions | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0004863/Starglider(EN)_novella.pdf | 5,001,338 | 1e990402b5fc310c56f160a11151e757 | None |
| Type | Title | Publication | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| standalone | Starglider | Rainbird Software Ltd | - | 1986 |
| Tag | Type | Category | Member Seq | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AY Sound | Feature | - | - | |
| AY Speech | Feature | - | - | |
| Bookware | Feature | - | Bookware means software that was published with a related book or novella included in the same package. | |
| Crash Readers Awards 1986 | Annual Awards | Best Game Overall | 1 | |
| Crash Readers Awards 1986 | Annual Awards | State Of The Art Award | 1 | |
| Crash Readers Awards 1986 | Annual Awards | Best Sound FX | 3 | |
| Crash Readers Awards 1986 | Annual Awards | Best Shoot'Em Up | 4 | |
| Crash Readers Awards 1987 | Annual Awards | Best Game Packaging | 3 | LinkOther awards:
1st in category "Best Software House" - Ocean Software Ltd
2nd in category "Best Software House" - Hewson Consultants Ltd
3rd in category "Best Software House" - US Gold Ltd
1st in category "Best Play By Mail Game" - It's a Crime
2nd in category "Best Play By Mail Game" - Shattered World
3rd in category "Best Play By Mail Game" - Megalomania |
| Golden Joystick Awards 1986 | Annual Awards | Best Soundtrack of the Year | 2 | |
| Interface 2 (right) | Control Option | - | - | |
| Kempston Joystick | Control Option | - | - | |
| Padlock Protection | Feature | - | Any protection system similar to Padlock System's coded cards.
The protection system was produced in conjunction with Software Projects, consisting of a card with numbers and letters that corresponded with a row of four colours. The player upon loading the game would be presented with a number, and using the card, had to match that number to four colours on screen, for instance A1 would need the player to input Blue, Purple, Green, Blue, getting the code correct would start the game. If the incorrect colours were input, the process would just continue to loop. | |
| Perspective 3D Graphics | Graphical View | - | ||
| Redefineable keys | Control Option | - | - | |
| Starglider | Series | 1 | - | |
| Vector Graphics | Feature | - | Any title featuring some kind of real-time vector or polygon based graphics (from FX details to fully polygonal simulators). | |
| Your Computer - Year's Best 1986 | Annual Awards | Most Innovative Game | 1 | Link(note that the listed games may have been for a different platform in the competition) |
| Website | Score | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| WorldOfSpectrum | 8.16 | 63 |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Remarks | Clare Edgley of Rainbird (formerly a reviewer in Sinclair User) provided all of the speech for the 128k version. |
| Awards | Winner of the Year's Best - 1986 Awards - Most innovative. |