Reviews

Starburst originally featured on Your Sinclair's Crap Game Corner in October 1990 and scored an overall rating of 76% and a "crap factor" of 12%, almost too good to be in Crap Game Corner. And so in August of 1991 the game appeared again, this time on a covertape from Crash Magazine, and so we can all rejoice from the joys of Starburst.

And...well it's not too bad really, it's playable, it's not too over the top, has a rather simple look, there's powerups to help you along the way and it generally works well. Not the most exciting shmup on the ZX Spectrum but then again there are a lot of worst shmups than this one.

Starburst is a competent shooter with everything you can possibly ask for in a game of the genre .


It´s got power ups , different speeds , many sorts of baddies , and different stages etc. the movements are smooth and fast ... what else can one ask ?

I really love this game from start to finish , and I am not a shooter lover myself . So that´s why I´m giving this 4,5 out of 5 points in my review .


It offers the best from Terra Cresta and R-Type altogether .


Well done !!

1991 Crash (UK)
by Jim Gardner

For the year it was released this game can't be considered good in any way, it's too ordinary and done better before. It's a basic shoot 'em up, slightly addictive but not all that fun to play, Jim Gardner made most of his games with a too slow character movement which spoils some of them, this is the case with Starburst. The other ships and overall enemy fire move faster, this doesn't make the game much harder, it just makes the game more boring. The game had originally featured on Your Sinclair's Crap Game Corner in October 1990, but later in August 1991 got "promoted" to a covertape from Crash Magazine. Maybe the consensus was it wasn't all that crappy. It's true it isn't crap, it's very average.