Starquake

Starquake (1985)

by Bubble Bus Software, Mandarin Software, Merlin Software U.K., ShareData, Inc.
Genres:Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:Starquake is an arcade adventure, platform and maze game written by Stephen Crow and published by Bubble Bus Software in 1985. It was released for Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit family, Tatung Einstein (all 1985), the BBC Micro (1987) and IBM Compatible and Atari ST (both 1988). An Amiga port was released in 2018.Show more
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user avatar@kiruneuser avatar@kirune
March 21, 2025
I played it on release date for Amstrad 464 CPC. I may have been 11 or 12 yo. Still have the box and the tape. It was the first game that prompted me to draw maps and write down codes to be able to progress. All the teleport system gave me a feeling of none linearity that deeply shacked my thought process. It is indeed a fond memory, and of the probably hundreds of games I played since then, it remains one of the keystones of my gaming memories.
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