
Starbike
  v1.2
  
  
A remake for Windows by Dr. Bacon
http://starbike.wordpress.com


What's it about:
In this sidescrolling Defender-like game you fly your starbike around the lunar landscape and collect Orolas.
That's small green aliens to you and me, and they're really good for making perfume and catfood. You have to
collect them from each level and dump them into a teleporter to send them back to your ship. When all aliens
are collected you carry the last one to your lunar module and take off for another level. The number of aliens
you have to collect on every level varies and you can leave the planet without collecting all the aliens but
you will not get a bonus if you do so, and your task will only be more difficult as you get more enemies on
the next level.

The lunar surface contains some parabolic scanners that are sensitive to the alien lifeforms you're looking for,
so if you fly past the scanners they will tell you if an alien is close by. The aliens, not knowing what they're
in for, is quite friendly and will chirp at you if you get near them. All in all - they're quite easy to find.
...however, the mission is not easy. Good luck.


Controls:
Cursor keys + left CTRL to fire.
All keys are redefinable and joypad is also supported.



Installation:
Unpack ZIP archive into folder and run the 'Starbike.exe' file. It has an icon like a spaceman.



Credits for this remake;
Programmed by Sokurah aka. Dr. Bacon, 2009
Graphics by Janus & Lobo
Music by Spacefractal

Credits for original game;
Programmed for the ZX Spectrum by Paul Curtis, 1984
Published for the ZX Spectrum by The Edge Software, 1984

This remake has the blessings of the original programmer, Paul Curtis, who
has the rights to the original game, has played the remake and likes it.
Thanks Paul. :-)


Find the latest version at http://www.tardis.dk/wordpress/
or sync scores which will show you if there's new version available.


Version history.
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v1.2 - November 29th, 2014
Made changes related to online scoring (Windows).

v1.1 - 1 april 2010
Made a few minor tweaks. Nothing gameplay related though. Also changed credits.


v1.0 - 31 october 2009
Initial release.

