Starion |
Release Date | 1985 |
Original Publisher | Melbourne House (Australia/UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
Max. Players | 2 (Alternating) |
Original Price | £7.95 |
Features | Border Effects, Vector Graphics |
Controls | Cursor |
Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 |
Average mag. score | 90.80% (5 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 80.6% (43 votes) |
#1 - Software Center S.A. (Spain) | (1985) |
David M. Webb (UK) | - ? | ||
Ian McCausland (Australia) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
"C+VG Game of the Month" | at C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #44 - 1985/Jun | page 18 | |
"Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #16 - 1985/May | page 18 |
There were various bugs in the original release, including an error in the OBERAMMERGAU section which caused the game to crash. The fixes were not in the final release and were only made available on request from Melbourne House as a printed correction sheet. The '(patched)' version is the only version of Starion that can actually be finished. |
Full version in | Kidsplay | (1987) | by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd (UK) | ||
Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
Starion(patched).tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - (patched) | |
Starion.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | ||
Starion.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
Starion.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
Starion.gif | 3,117 | Original | Running screen | |||
Starion.jpg | 458,074 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
Starion_2.jpg | 350,049 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
Starion_Back.jpg | 438,163 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
STARION.TXT | 3,063 | Original | Instructions | - Docs (from games database) | ||
Starion(patched).txt | 1,069 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
Starion.txt | 10,081 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
Starion(EN).pdf | 136,267 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
Starion.jpg | 133,136 | Original | Advertisement | |||
starion.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) | ||
Starion (1985)(Melbourne House).pok | 33 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
Starion(SoftwareCenterS.A.).jpg | 254,415 | #1 | Advertisement |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #44-1985/Jun | page 18 | - Review | |
Computer Gamer | issue #2-1985/May | page 63 | - Review | |
Crash | issue v.1 #16-1985/May | page 18 | - Review: 94% | |
Home Computing Weekly | issue #114-1985/May/28 special "week#4" | page 15 | - Review | |
Personal Computer News | issue #109-1985/May/4 | page 34 | - Review | |
Sinclair User | issue 1986 special "Annual 1986" | page 47 | - Review: 4/5 | |
Sinclair User | issue #39-1985/Jun | page 22 | - Review: 4/5 | |
Your Computer | issue v.5 #6-1985/Jun | page 39 | - Review: 5/5 | |
Your Spectrum | issue #15-1985/Jun | page 36 | - Review | |
ZX Computing | issue #20-1985/Aug | page 76 | - Review: 5/5 |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #43-1985/May | page 116 | - Two-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #46-1985/Aug | page 94 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #48-1985/Oct | page 51 | - Full-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #16-1985/May | page 26 | - Two-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #17-1985/Jun | page 6 | - Full-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #38-1985/May | page 42 | - Two-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #39-1985/Jun | page 29 | - Full-page ad |
Crash | issue v.1 #45-1987/Oct | page 106 | - Review - Crash - Compilation (Kidsplay) |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #71-1987/Sep | page 12 | - News/Note - ref. "Backpack" (Kidsplay) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #43-1987/Aug | page 10 | - News/Note (Kidsplay) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #45-1987/Oct | page 106 | - Feature - All Together Now (compilations) (Kidsplay) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #47-1987/Dec | page 32 | - News/Note (Kidsplay) | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #18-1987/May/8 special "week#2" | page 8 | - News/Note - Off the Hook follow-up tape to aid NSPCC (Kidsplay) | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #3-1988/Jan/21 special "week#3" | page 4 | - News/Note (Kidsplay) | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.7 #21-1988/Jun/2 special "week#1" | page 8 | - Letters (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #64-1987/Jul | page 21 | - News/Note (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #70-1988/Jan | page 27 | - Feature - Kamikaze's Guide to Compilations (Kidsplay) | |
The Games Machine | issue #2-1987/Dec | page 124 | - Offer (Kidsplay) | |
Your Computer | issue v.7 #12-1987/Dec | page 11 | - News/Note (Kidsplay) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #21-1987/Sep | page 6 | - News/Note (Kidsplay) |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #74-1987/Dec | page 138 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #81-1988/Jul | page 110 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #86-1988/Dec | page 168 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #89-1989/Mar | page 72 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #91-1989/May | page 38 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #46-1987/Nov | page 144 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #47-1987/Dec | page 136 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #32-1987/Aug/14 special "week#2" | page 10 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #66-1987/Sep | page 71 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #68-1987/Nov | page 114 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #71-1988/Feb | page 69 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #72-1988/Mar | page 91 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #73-1988/Apr | page 99 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Sinclair User | issue #87-1989/Jun | page 90 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
The Games Machine | issue #1-1987/Oct | page 126 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #25-1988/Jan | page 26 | - Full-page ad (Kidsplay) |
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