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- From: stdeprie@eos.ncsu.edu (SHAWN TEMPLE DEPRIEST)
- Subject: Re: Starflight game - Is it from C64 or Amiga?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.213812.503@ncsu.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan7.123407.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:38:12 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.123407.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, edmondse@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
- > Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- > Path: taco!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ulowell!woods.ulowell.edu!edmondse
- > From: edmondse@woods.ulowell.edu
- > Subject: Starflight game - Is it from C64 or Amiga?
- > Message-ID: <1993Jan7.123407.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
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- > Sender: usenet@ulowell.ulowell.edu (News manager - ulowell)
- > Organization: University of Lowell
- > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 12:34:07 EST
- >
- > Has anyone ever seen a game called Starflight on a SEGA game console.
- >
- > It looks like a port of an old 8-bit game, judging by the no. of colors and
- > text etc.... I wonder if this game was ever available for either the Amiga or
- > perhaps some other machine (i.e. C64 or Atari).
- >
- > The game on SEGA is put out by Electronic Arts and is dated around 1986. The
- > basic elements of the game are as follows:
- >
- > You have a space ship with which you travel to other planets. On the planet you
- > use a rover mining vehicle to extract minerals which you sell upon your return
- > to home port (a space station). The money you receive from selling your booty
- > can be used to upgrade your ship or rover.
- >
- > Also there are several races of unfriendly alien types floating around who will
- > make things interesting by trying to blast you to bits.
- >
- > If anyone has ever played this game on something other than SEGA please let me
- > know.
- >
- > Thanks
- >
- > Eric Edmonds
- > UMASS at Lowell
- >
- >
- >
-
- I have this game for the Tandy 1000....I know, oh well I'm saving for an Amiga.
- anyway, I think you may have missed the basic premise of the game. Anyway,
- your home planet is going to be destroyed when your sun explodes. So you must
- search out new planets that meet the requirements set in the manual for
- habitation. I have found many, including the Earth. I have not, however been
- able to solve it, I think I know how, but will not spoil it unless you want me
- to tell my theorys on how to win, there is a hint book which I have not bought,
- but may because my plan keeps failing and time is running out for the Arth.
- Any way, this game is available for the Amiga, And Starflight II is also
- available for the Tandy and Amiga as well, though I have seen II only on the
- Amiga, and only played it once for a short time, they have included many new
- features, though I have no idea what the premise of that one was about.
- Good lucjk and hope that helped some.
-