Many thanks to Ola for his Anirog archiving program and help over the last few days.
Star Defender was archived to TAP yesterday and to PRG today and sent to Mayhem for Gamebase.
Part of a mystery that bugged me a little for 35 Years was solved tonight but more questions result....
The gameplay on Star Defender (1984) Wave 10 - Firebomber Showdown was identical to that on Star Defence (1983)
I played tonight and managed to warp from Wave 1 to Wave 4 then from Wave 6 to Wave 9 and then played through to wave 16 with lots of bonus smart bombs. Score was about 107000 at the end. What a rush!
Wave 10 Aliens were still sadly missing so I conclude that it probably is rebadged and the same game by Kingsoft.
If anybody knows the coders at Kingsoft I would be interest to speak with them about the game as it is so playable on the Vic20 even 35 years later.
If you have not played it there are lots of elements to this Defender II / Stargate clone.
@ Selects 1-4 players on the front screen
*** F5 is the best key - on the start screen it warbles or produces 3 beeps - this determines standard or hyperspeed gameplay
F1 starts the game
Q Up
Z Down
S Reverse
Del Accelerate
F1 Shoot
F3 is the Radar Map
Smart bombs on Return
Hyperspace on Spacebar
Invisibility on Shift
3 Resets the game if you have a bad start
7 adds loads of UFOs, possibly a test mode
F7 pauses, C continues
Save 4 people and warp 3 levels via the stargate is a great tip
Kill all the people and the planet explodes and you are in dark space until you clear a 5th or 10th wave and redeem yourself.
What a truly outstanding game, thank you Kingsoft and Anirog.
Disk with Star Defence, Star Defender and Star Defence hacked by Miklos.
Tap Original
Star Defender
