STARMASTER (ATARI 2600)

A space shooter in cockpit view very similar to Star Raiders but does not require a keyboard. In your spaceship, you must teleport to sectors of space containing enemy ships. Here you will engage and destroy them before they can surround and destroy your starbases. In a starbase sector, use your controller to guide your reticle to the starbase when it is near you for repair and/or supply. In a fight, you can take damage. If you see an L, it means your lasers are out of order. This means you can't shoot (that's no good in a fight!). If you see a W, your warp drive is damaged. You will use twice as much fuel when warping. If you see an S, that means your shields are out. If you are hit again without a shield, you will be destroyed. If you see an R, it means your radar is damaged. You won't be able to see enemies on the star map until the radar is repaired. All of your starbases will still show up with damaged radar, except for those that have been destroyed. When warping, if the bottom screen is green, you are heading to an empty sector. If it's red, you're heading to an area with enemies. If it's blue, you're heading to an area with a starbase. The game ends when all enemies are destroyed or you are destroyed. Your final score is determined by your base score plus 100 points per enemy destroyed minus 500 points per starbase destroyed minus 100 points each time you docked at a starbase minus 1 point per stardate.