Star Control
Aliases  Starcontrol
Release Date  1991
Original Publisher  Accolade Inc (USA/UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 128K
Language  English
Genre  Strategy Game: War
Max. Players  2 (Simultaneous)
Original Price  £10.99
Disk Price  £16.99
Controls  Interface 2 (right)
Themes  Hyperspace/Warp
Other Platforms  Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, PC/DOS
Average mag. score  64.67% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  74.5% (11 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - Dro Soft (Spain)(1991)

Authors/Contributors
     David Quinn (UK)at Random Access - ?
     Chris Lowe [Tahir Rashid] (UK)at Random Access - ?
     Boris Vallejo (Peru) - Inlay/Poster Art

Authors according to SPOT/SPEX
     David Quinn & Chris E Lowe
@ Random Access <Random Access (UK)>
*** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information!

Remarks
     The listed Neil Tennant on the loading screen was a joke - the Pet Shop Boys were not involved in the development of this game.

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
 StarControl.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(SpeedLock 7)English
 StarControl.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(???)English
 StarControl(DroSoft).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 128K(SpeedLock 7)English
 StarControl(DroSoft).dsk.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     StarControl.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     StarControl.gif1,822OriginalRunning screen
     StarControl_Front.jpg714,745OriginalInlay - Front
     StarControl_Back.jpg601,259OriginalInlay - Back
     StarControl.txt54,790OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     StarControl(EN).pdf2,796,338OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     StarControl.jpg196,605OriginalAdvertisement
     starcontrol.zip0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Philip Kendall
     StarControl(DroSoft).scr6,912#1Loading screen
     StarControl(DroSoft)_Front.jpg186,360#1Inlay - Front
     StarControl(DroSoft)_Back.jpg316,394#1Inlay - Back

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #113-1991/Aprpage 72- Review: 40%
     Crashissue v.1 #86-1991/Marpage 51- Review: 69%
     MicroHobbyissue #209-1991/Aprpage 38- Review - Nuevo
     Your Sinclairissue #64-1991/Aprpage 62- Review: 85%

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #80-1990/Seppage 28- Preview
     Crashissue v.1 #84-1991/Janpage 34- CompoEntry
     Crashissue v.1 #87-1991/Aprpage 21- CompoResult
     Your Sinclairissue #58-1990/Octpage 89- Preview
     Your Sinclairissue #63-1991/Marpage 21- CompoEntry
     Your Sinclairissue #67-1991/Julpage 33- CompoResult

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #110-1991/Janpage 66- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #85-1991/Febpage 61- Full-page ad
     Sinclair Userissue #107-1991/Janpage 28- Full-page ad
     Your Sinclairissue #61-1991/Janpage 29- Full-page ad

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