| Starglider |
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| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | Rainbird Software Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £14.95 |
| Competitions | Your Computer's Year's Best - 1986 Awards |
| Features | AY Sound, AY Speech, Bookware, Padlock Protection, Vector Graphics |
| Graphical Views | Perspective 3D Graphics |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC/DOS |
| Average mag. score | 93.00% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 81.6% (63 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Dro Soft (Spain) | (1986) |
Authors/Contributors
| Ian Oliver (UK) | at Realtime Games Software Ltd | - ? | |
| Graeme Baird (UK) | at Realtime Games Software Ltd | - ? | |
| David Lowe (UK) | at Realtime Games Software Ltd | - ? | |
| Steinar Lund (Norway) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Annual Awards
| 1st Best Game Overall - 1986 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| 1st State Of The Art Award - 1986 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| 3rd Best Game Packaging - 1987 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| 3rd Best Sound FX - 1986 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| 4th Best Shoot'Em Up - 1986 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| Winner of the Year's Best - 1986 Awards - Most innovative. |
Review Awards
| "C+VG Hit" | at C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #63 - 1987/Jan | page 24 | |
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #36 - 1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87" | page 22 | |
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #36 - 1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87" | page 22 | |
| "Sinclair User Classic" | at Sinclair User | issue #57 - 1986/Dec | page 36 | |
| "ZX Computing Monster Hit" | at ZX Computing | issue #34 - 1987/Feb | page 46 |
Remarks
| Clare Edgley of Rainbird (formerly a reviewer in Sinclair User) provided all of the speech for the 128k version. |
Series "Starglider"
| 1. | Starglider | (1986) | by Rainbird Software Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Starglider 2 | (1989) | by Rainbird Software Ltd (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | Supreme Challenge | (1988) | by Beau-Jolly Ltd (UK) | ||
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 39 | (1987/Jun) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #39 - 1987/Jun | - titled "L'uccello di fuoco" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Starglider48.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| Starglider128.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English | |
| StargliderV1.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (Firebird BleepLoad) | English | - v1 | |
| StargliderV2.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (Firebird BleepLoad) | English | - v2 | |
| StargliderV3.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (Firebird BleepLoad) | English | - v3 | |
| Starglider.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Starglider.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Starglider.gif | 3,975 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Starglider_Front.jpg | 95,280 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Starglider_Back.jpg | 152,317 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| Starglider.ay.zip | 1,688 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| Starglider128.mp3.zip | 4,664,013 | Original | Sampled in-game/theme music in MP3 format | |||
| Starglider.txt | 21,423 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Starglider(EN).pdf | 0 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Starglider(EN)_novella.pdf | 0 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Starglider.jpg | 60,077 | Original | Game map | |||
| Starglider.jpg | 193,752 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| starglider.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Sard (with rollback) - First four missions plus killing Starglider 1. Done with infinite shields and missiles | ||
| Starglider (1986)(Rainbird Software).pok | 746 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Starglider_AirborneGroundAttackVehicle-TacticalPoster.jpg | 254,254 | Original | ? | - Tactical poster | ||
| Starglider_KeyboardMap.jpg | 174,754 | Original | ? | - Keyboard map |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #7-1988/Apr | page 69 | - Review | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #63-1987/Jan | page 24 | - Review | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #22-1987/Jan | page 12 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87" | page 22 | - Review: 95% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87" | page 22 | - Review: 97% | |
| Crash | issue v.2-2018 special "Annual 2018" | page 59 | - Review | |
| MicroHobby | issue #166-1988/Mar | page 33 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #57-1986/Dec | page 36 | - Review: 5/5 | |
| Your Computer | issue v.7 #1-1987/Jan | page 51 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 83 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #34-1987/Feb | page 46 | - Review | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 1994/Feb | page 2 | - Review |
Magazine References
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #65-1987/Mar | page 29 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #38-1987/Mar | page 6 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #16-1987/Apr | page 28 | - Full-page ad |
Related Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #16-1989/Jan | page 118 | - Review (Supreme Challenge) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #87-1989/Jan | page 114 | - Review: 95% (Supreme Challenge) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 83 | - Review: 9/10 (Supreme Challenge) |
Related Magazine References
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #16-1989/Jan | page 116 | - Feature - We Wish You A ... Cheapy Christmas (Supreme Challenge) | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #60-1989/Jan | page 92 | - Feature - Collectable Consumables (Supreme Challenge) | |
| New Computer Express | issue #3-1988/Nov/26 | page 47 | - News/Note - Supreme compilation (Supreme Challenge) |
Related Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #14-1988/Nov | page 88 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #84-1988/Oct | page 84 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #85-1988/Nov | page 119 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #37-1988/Sep/22 special "week#4" | page 2 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| Sinclair User | issue #80-1988/Nov | page 107 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| The Games Machine | issue #12-1988/Nov | page 88 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #34-1988/Oct | page 24 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 70 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #45-1989/Sep | page 36 | - Full-page ad (Supreme Challenge) |
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| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
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| Spectrum +2A/+3 Incompatibility | (Information - in English) | |
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| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
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| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
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