"Star fire" redirects here. For the process by which stars shine see nuclear fusion.
Star Fire, released 1979, is considered to be a groundbreaking shoot 'em up arcade game by Exidy that brought a number of new innovations to the market; including being of the first to use a sit-down cockpit.
The look and feel of Star Fire is directly lifted from the movie Star Wars and, to a lesser extent, the TV show Battlestar Galactica. The attract-mode scree...
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"Star fire" redirects here. For the process by which stars shine see nuclear fusion.
Star Fire, released 1979, is considered to be a groundbreaking shoot 'em up arcade game by Exidy that brought a number of new innovations to the market; including being of the first to use a sit-down cockpit.
The look and feel of Star Fire is directly lifted from the movie Star Wars and, to a lesser extent, the TV show Battlestar Galactica. The attract-mode screen displays the name "Star Fire" in the same swooping sans-serif display typeface used by the Star Wars promotional posters and main titles. The primary enemy in the game are spaceships that are visually indistinguishable from TIE fighters. The player's primary weapon is an array of 4 lasers that fire in an "X" pattern, implying that the player is flying a ship somewhat akin to an X-wing. The game was not officially licensed to use the Star Wars trademarks.
The game is brightly colored, in blues, greens, and reds. In 1979, this was still...
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