Zzap


Starforce Nova
By Mastertronic
Commodore 64/128

 
Published in Zzap #30

Starforce Nova

The survivors of an alien attack on Earth are being evacuated and taken to safety in a giant Space Ark. However, this trip involves travelling through the F Dimension, an uncharted area of space where alien attackers lay in wait.

The player defends the Ark by flying over the long, horizontally scrolling craft shooting down any attackers. After two sweeps letters appear and are shot for a bonus score. After that the action starts again with an even more hostile force to contend with.

The gameplay is loosely based on Uridium, and provides some fun as you fly over the craft. A decent soundtrack adds urgency, but in the end the action wears a little thin. There are plenty of other shoot-'em-ups to try before this one.