StarRay
| Developer: Hidden Treasures | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Logotron | Sound: |
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| Year: 1988 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Shoot’em up | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 1 | Rating: |
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It’s one of the very first Defender clones, released in 1989 under the title Revenge of the Defender in the United States.
The backgrounds are rich and scroll across multiple planes, but somewhat cluttered, to the point of harming readability.
The objective is simple: destroy everything that flies to protect ground installations, before they’re captured by aliens. Unlike the original, there are no humanoids to save here. Some destroyed enemies leave bonuses … which are destructible! An energy gauge allows you to take several hits without being interrupted, but in exchange, only one life is granted. Finally, the game offers the option to skip the first three levels (out of seven in total), after completing them once.
We say thanks again to the trainer!
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