Death Star

Starbombs are your only defence against the mighty Deathstar!

Fly around each planetoid spraying it with bullets until it starts to emit glowing Crystals.

Each Crystal allows you to build a Starbomb.

Find Deathstar by releasing a Starbomb and then following its path.

Instructions

You have four controls: two to turn your ship clockwise and anti-clockwise plus the Fire and Starbomb controls.

The Fire button will destroy the Workers and Warriors, whereas the Starbomb is your only defence against the mighty Deathstar. A collision with either a Worker or a Warrior will cause no damage to your ship, nor will colliding with a planetoid.

Initially, the objective is to fly around each planetoid, spraying it with bullets until it starts to emit glowing Crystals. Then you should fly over the Crystals to pick them up - each Crystal is worth 200 points and gives you a Starbomb.

Your opponents are the Workers (coloured red) and the Warriors (coloured blue).

The Workers have several tasks to perform:

1. waiting near your ship while you mine Crystals
2. waiting near Warriors as they mine Crystals
3. pursuing free Crystals and transporting them back to the Deathstar.

The Warriors' main jobs are:

1. mining Crystals
2. guarding the Deathstar
3. attacking your ship

The Deathstar is built one piece at a time by the Workers. When twenty pieces are in place, the Deathstar is complete and the screen will flash different colours to indicate attack is imminent.

A good strategy is to collect a full supply of 24 Starbombs, find the Deathstar by releasing a Starbomb, follow its path (the Deathstar will appear on the radar screen), wait for it to be completely built and then run away from it releasing Starbombs whenever it is on the screen with you.

Ensure that you shoot any Warriors on the screen, as they can shoot you. The Workers which collect crystals may be shot to reclaim them. If you successfully destroy the Deathstar, you progress on to the Worker Zone (in which there are very few Planetoids present) with a bonus screen between each zone.

Radar Screen

When viewing the radar screen, shown at the top of the game screen, the game characters are shown as coloured blocks:

Your ship - White
Deathstar - Yellow
Worker - Red
Warrior - Blue

Game Controls

BBC:
CAPS LOCK - Left, CTRL - Right, RETURN - Fire, SHIFT - Starbomb
COPY/DELETE - Pause Off/On, ESCAPE - Quit Game

Electron:
Z - Left, X - Right, RETURN - Fire, SHIFT - Starbomb
COPY/DELETE - Pause Off/On, ESCAPE - Quit Game

Scoring

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Tape: CHAIN"" (RETURN)
Disc: Hold SHIFT and tap BREAK.