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Starbike (0)
First release date
1984-12-31
Platform
ZX Spectrum PC
Developer
The Edge
Publisher
The Edge Quicksilva Ltd. Serma Software
Overview
Written by Paul Curtis and published in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum by this horizontal scrolling shoot'em up is very similar to . For voice sounds Currah MicroSpeech is applied, which is a speech synthesis box using the SP0256-AL2 speech processor to output sound via the TV.
Starbike was also released on many compilations like the "All-Stars" or the "Classix 1" compilation, both published by The Edge. It also appeared in 1985 on the "Soft Aid" compilation which was produced by in collaboration with Bob Geldof's Band-Aid Trust as one of the efforts to raise money for the starving children of Africa.
In 2009 a Starbike remake was written for PC's by Dr. Bacon and can be free downloaded on the developers .
Reviews
| Magazine | Issue | Page | System | Rating | % | Reviewer | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer+ Video Games | 01/1985 | ZX Spectrum | 7.8 out of 10 | 78 | - | English | |
| Crash | 11/1984 | ZX Spectrum | 77 out of 100 | 77 | - | English | |
| Personal Computer Games | 12/1984 | , | ZX Spectrum | 6 out of 10 | 60 | Peter Connor, Bob Wade, Samantha Hemens | English |
| Sinclair User | 01/1985 | ZX Spectrum | 6 out of 10 | 60 | Richard Price | English |
