Starion

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Starion

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Who remembers Starion came out in 1985 on the Spectrum Amstrad and C64, but I won’t say anything about the C64 version because its said to be “RUBBISH” :!: .As I recall I played this game while waiting for Elite to be released on the Amstrad, pretty good 3d shooter as I remember it with some sort of time travelling story to it where you had to collect letter of something in order to move to the next zone.Found a remake of the game but can’t get it to work. :x http://www2.uiah.fi/~theikkin/starion.htmlHere the 2 page review of the Spectrum version of the game,note the story take place in 2010 :lol: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue16/Pages/Crash1600018.jpghttp://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue16/Pages/Crash1600019.jpg
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RE: Starion

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I just looked up the info on this game and its remake for the link list on Thurs. You will see this game in the link list on next update and about 20 other games.
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RE: Starion

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Still can’t get the remake to work seem to missing some dll and annoying the Amstrad emulator winape will not recognise my joystick.
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Still can’t get the remake to work seem to missing some dll
Same problem here, although I think it just need the Allegro library.
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I have yet to try this out, but if someone gets it all working I will package it up and post it in the download area after I contact the author to see if he minds. Or if anything the troubleshooting steps is documented.
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Found the working one on retor remake Ive had it working on my bog standard vista box with no graphic card,the screen goes black when it load but just hit space and the game start.It is very fast and may be a bit unplayable due the speed of the game.http://www.demonews.com/download-3778.htmlThe control Cursor keys: Pitch and Yaw. (Up and Down, Right and Left.)Space, E, A, or M : Increase velocityLeft shift, Q, Z or N : Decrease VelocityLeft Control, Right Control or B : Fire LaserESC : Return to main menu. (You can still continue the game)1-9 : Quick Select slot in computer screens. (Timewarps)Alphabetical keys : Re-arrange cargo in computer screen.F12 : Quick Exit from Game during play.R : Show Status ReportT : Switch sights on/off
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