| Star Runner |
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| Release Date | 1987 |
| Original Publisher | Code Masters Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £1.99 |
| Graphical Views | Oblique 3D Graphics |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Inspirations | Metro-Cross (Arcade coin-op) from Namco Ltd (Japan) |
| Average mag. score | 70.00% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 47.1% (7 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - EDOS (UK) | |||
| #2 - Serma Software (Spain) | (1987) | ||
| * Release price: 550.00 Ptas |
Authors/Contributors
| Christian F. Urquhart (UK) | - Code | ||
| Mike Smith (UK) | - In-game Graphics | ||
| James Wilson (UK) | - Load Screen | ||
| Nigel Fletcher (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Remarks
| Internally the game is credited as developed by Special FX. Special FX is a well-known development group founded by Jonathan Smith around the same year, but there is no solid evidence this is the same group, and looks like a coincidence. Christian Urquhart and Mike Smith later founded Cybadyne Systems as their freelance group. |
Compilations
| Full version in | Album de Platino | (1987) | by Serma Software (Spain) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
| StarRunner.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| StarRunner.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| StarRunner.gif | 4,981 | Original | Running screen | |||
| StarRunner.jpg | 432,554 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| StarRunner_Back.jpg | 156,052 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| StarRunner.txt | 1,900 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| StarRunner.rzx.zip | 86,054 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) - [denied] | ||
| Star Runner (1987)(Code Masters).pok | 30 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 31 | - Review: 50% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #180-1988/Nov | page 39 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Sinclair User | issue #63-1987/Jun | page 74 | - Review: 4/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #18-1987/Jun | page 93 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #38-1987/Jun | page 60 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 54 | - Hack/Poke | |
| YS Smash Tips | issue 1988/Aug | page 47 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #19-1987/Jul | page 54 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #30-1988/Jun | page 24 | - Hack/Poke | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #36-1988/Dec | page 35 | - Hack/Poke |
Magazine Advertisements
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #4-1988/Jan | page 108 | - Advert | |
| The Games Machine | issue #2-1987/Dec | page 135 | - Advert |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Spectrum Show - Youtube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (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) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
