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Deathstar

DeathStar is a Sinistar clone featuring space combat across endlessly scrolling environments where players pilot a ship that rotates in sixteen directions while moving forward continuously. Players shoot…

31 December 1985

Deathstar is a video game, released 31 December 1985 on BBC Microcomputer System.

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What Deathstar is

Deathstar was released in 1985. It is available on BBC Microcomputer System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

DeathStar is a Sinistar clone featuring space combat across endlessly scrolling environments where players pilot a ship that rotates in sixteen directions while moving forward continuously. Players shoot planetoids to release crystals needed to create starbombs, competing against AI workers and warriors who mine the same resources to construct the titular DeathStar vessel. Once twenty crystals are delivered by workers, the DeathStar appears and must be destroyed using accumulated starbombs, with each hit removing one piece until all twenty are eliminated for 15,000 bonus points. The game progresses through four zones—Worker, Warrior, Planetoid, and Void—each introducing slight variations in…
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What it launched against

Deathstar launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

Quick answers

Deathstar — frequently asked questions

When did Deathstar come out?
Deathstar was released on 31 December 1985 for BBC Microcomputer System.