| Star Trader |
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| Release Date | 1984 |
| Original Publisher | Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Strategy Game: Management |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £6.95 |
| Features | Multi-machine Medium |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Inspirations | Star Trader (Software) |
| Other Platforms | Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 54.83% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 66% (5 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Trevor Hall (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Joey [2] | - Code | ||
| Rob Phoenix | - Code |
Remarks
| Joey is the developer for the spaceflight sequence, while Rob Phoenix developed the adventure section. |
Compilations
| Full version in | Games Compendium | (1988) | by Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | StarTrader.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| StarTrader.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| StarTrader.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| StarTrader.gif | 3,763 | Original | Running screen | |||
| StarTrader.jpg | 238,327 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| StarTrader_Front_2.jpg | 377,044 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| StarTrader_Back.jpg | 317,507 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| StarTrader_Back_2.jpg | 438,330 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| StarTrader.txt | 5,768 | Original | Instructions | English |
Magazine Reviews
| Big K | issue #7-1984/Oct | page 17 | - Review: 1/3 | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #7-1984/Aug | page 36 | - Review: 66% | |
| Games Computing | issue 1984/Nov | page 59 | - Review | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #10-1984/Sep | page 62 | - Review: 5/10 | |
| Personal Computing Today | issue v.3 #6-1985/Jan | page 80 | - Review | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #29-1984/Jul/19 special "week#3" | page 16 | - Review | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #29-1984/Jul/19 special "week#3" | page 49 | - Review | |
| Sinclair Programs | issue #23-1984/Sep | page 32 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #31-1984/Oct | page 37 | - Review: 7/10 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #16-1984/Dec | page 63 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Personal Computer News | issue #69-1984/Jul/14 | page 36 | - News/Note | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #5-1984/Jul | page 56 | - News/Note | |
| ZX Computing | issue #15-1984/Oct | page 16 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| Crash | issue v.1 #11-1984/Dec | page 8 | - Advert | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85" | page 137 | - Advert | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #13-1985/Feb | page 79 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #13-1984/Dec | page 50 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #14-1985/Jan | page 77 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #33-1984/Dec | page 243 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #34-1985/Jan | page 46 | - Advert | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #12-1984/Dec | page 160 | - Advert |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #15-1988/Dec | page 146 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov | page 96 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #59-1988/Dec | page 99 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #61-1989/Feb | page 87 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #67-1989/Aug | page 34 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #68-1989/Sep | page 19 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #69-1989/Oct | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #70-1989/Nov | page 20 | - Advert (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #71-1989/Dec | page 52 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #72-1990/Jan | page 24 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #90-1989/Sep | page 91 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| The Games Machine | issue #13-1988/Dec | page 152 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 76 | - Full-page ad (Games Compendium) |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| Spectrum +2A/+3 Incompatibility | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| The Tipshop | (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
