Reviews

Inspired by Sega's Astro Fighter, this is not too bad of a game, quite a challenge and quite enjoyable but it slows down badly during the course of the game. Its however not the worse I've touched...hey it's six..oh forget it I've already dragged that line out one too many times!

1983 Micromega (UK)
by Derek Brewster

Never played Astro Fighter so I cant say if this is a close version of the arcade coin-op or not.
What I can say is this is not that bad, in fact is as good as any other similar game from 1983. Clean simple graphics, reasonable use of colour and the sound is effective enough, although I would like to hear a different sound when the enemy ships are blown away, because that bleep is not very motivating. Gameplay starts hard and ends hard, making the game demanding.
The only think I dont really fancy is the next enemy ship wave being depicted at the top, early from the start, making you aware of what comes next and spoiling the surprise.
The game is a bit outdated but it is still very playable and worthy of a little more recognition.

Hey ! this lost game is not bad ... but it isn´t good either .

The colors are alright , the sound fxs are cute for the time , but the gameplay leaves much to be desired in the sense that the movements are predictable and slow , and you can only fire one bullet at a time .

The comets on fire falling upon you are an original feature not seen in other titles of the genre before , also the crossed-obliqual/diagonal fire coming out from the enemy´s ships is a unique feature of Starclash making the game much more demanding , the haphazard movements of the green ships are also very challenging since it is not an easy task to reach the target , etc.


Many original features in this Starclash, still , not enough to rise the game above mediocrity . :(

Inspired by Sega's Astro Fighter arcade coin-op, Starclash is a less than mediocre vertically shoot-em-ups which is inferior to many Galaxian clones released in the early days of the Spectrum. Bland appearance and dull gameplay do not make Starclash stand out in any way. There are many better similar games available for the Spectrum.

Definitely not Derek Brewster's best.