Star Castle
Star Castle is a 1980 vector arcade game by Cinematronics. The game involves obliterating a series of defenses orbiting a stationary turret in the center of the screen. The game was designed by Tim Skelly and…
Star Castle is an arcade developed by Cinematronics, released 1 November 1980 on Vectrex and Arcade.
What Star Castle is
Star Castle is an arcade game developed by Cinematronics and released in 1980. It is available on Vectrex and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Star Castle is a 1980 vector arcade game by Cinematronics. The game involves obliterating a series of defenses orbiting a stationary turret in the center of the screen. The game was designed by Tim Skelly and programmed by Scott Boden. Tim Skelly also created a number of other Cinematronics titles, including Starhawk, Armor Attack and Rip-Off. As with many other titles by the company, Star Castle was ported to the Vectrex video game console in 1983.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Star Castle launched on 1 November 1980, within three weeks of Battlezone, Rally-X and Berzerk.
Released around the same time: Battlezone, Rally-X, Berzerk.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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