Reviews

I love this game. The graphics are superb and the gameplay is compelling, gripping and masterful, the kind of enjoyment that other games have tried to emulate, Scumball being one, but they never managed to outclass it. It is a truly wonderful game and something I personally see as a forgotten classic as it's not nearly mentioned as much as other classic games such as Manic Miner, Head Over Heels and Rainbow Islands to name a few. Those games have a ton of reviews while this is the first one for this game, not that I'm unhappy about it, it just proves my point that it's been forgotten about somewhat. Maybe it isn't a classic for the purists but it is for me for I absolutely loved this game.

Darko is Right!! This is an absolute classic

So far, unfairly forgotten.
But undoubtly, Starquake deserves to be taken into account.

Indeed...

Starquake deserves the top consideration.
It's one of the brightest efforts when it comes to one of my core obsessions in videogames: exploration. Sum to it an excellent playability thanks to graphics and the rest of the elements needed for a top game. Great.

1985 Bubble Bus Software (UK)
by Stephen J. Crow

This is a must for everyone who loves big maze games and sci-fi.
The game happens in the subterranean levels of a planet where technology has gone terrible wrong leaving the planet very unstable and ready to explode, starting a chain reaction of destruction that 'll wipe out the entire Universe: a Starquake.
That is when you enter playing the role of Blob, a Bio-Logically operated being.

The huge maze of 512 screens is populated by dozens of different aliens, most with different abilities, and you have to negotiate your way thru all this mess while accomplishing your mission.
You move around, using foot, limited piling platforms or battery powered flying platforms. Energy bars will give and idea of how much power is available.

Graphically the game is a delight, filled with lots of creatures and well design backgrounds. But the gameplay is also awesome, besides being very well written.
Later a few similar games were done, like Tantalus and Terminus, which are also great but not to the level of Starquake.
The game was very well received back in 1985, with great reviews and a few awards, but got undeservedly forgotten over time, maybe because too many great games appear at that same time.