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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Nomination for Game of the Year
Message-ID: <19354@sun.uucp>
Date: Wed, 20-May-87 15:18:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 20 15:18:21 1987
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Keywords: StarGlider, 3-D Graphics

Well I picked up the Amiga version of StarGlider today at the local
Amiga dealer. If you haven't seen the Atari version then allow me to
describe it ...

You are in the cockpit of a laser equipped vehicle (the StarGlider)
which also has 1 or 2 guided missles. The 'scenery' is similar to
that in the Atari Coin-Op 'Star Wars'. The figures are wire frame
drawings (however unlike Star Wars hidden lines *are* removed).
You pilot your ship around in this universe shooting and destroying
bad guys. There are several ground and air based enimies. These range
from slow moving blue 'tanks' to some fairly fast flying birds (yes
their wings flap). The animation is smoother than the Atari version
(it is even smoother than the Star Wars game) and definitly gives
good feel for the motion involved. 

The documentation is sparse and intertwined with actual versus fictional
instructions. (eg to refuel your energy, the instructions state you should
dock at several types of bases. They state you should not 'as some hot shot
pilots have tried.' to refuel by flying a power grid. Can you guess which
one you have to use to refuel?) The Copy protection is 'keyword in the 
manual' type and they urge you to make a backup copy of your original
disk. High scores are written to a separate disk. This game takes over
the entire machine although it does use fast ram and the refresh rate 
improves if it is available. Play ability is good and just flying around
the 'universe' is enjoyable. Be sure to dock at the base and 'interrogate'
the computer for the low down on which shapes are what...


--Chuck McManis
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