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Arcade Classics: Starfire and Fire One

A combo release of two games. Despite appearing separately in many collections, these games were distributed together originally. Starfire is reminiscent of Star Raiders/dogfight ship combat; the player turns…

31 December 1983

Arcade Classics: Starfire and Fire One is a shooter, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Arcade Classics: Starfire and Fire One is

Arcade Classics: Starfire and Fire One was released in 1983. It was published by Epyx. It is available on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A combo release of two games. Despite appearing separately in many collections, these games were distributed together originally. Starfire is reminiscent of Star Raiders/dogfight ship combat; the player turns their ship vertically and horizontally, always firing to the center of the screen. Fire One is a submarine game, shooting torpedos from the bottom of the screen to ships, with a sonar display at the top of the screen.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Arcade Classics: Starfire and Fire One launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Arcade Classics: Starfire and Fire One come out?
Arcade Classics: Starfire and Fire One was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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