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Starquake

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2020-04-19

Stats

2,999

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari 800/130/XL/XE
Atari ST/E
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
PC (DOS)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Tatung Einstein

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Version info

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Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
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Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
2018
Starquake
Reverse Engineered Modification
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
2018
Starquake
Reverse Engineered Modification
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game design by Steve Crow. Amiga conversion reverse-engineered from the Atari ST release by Phill Boag-Butcher (Galahad/FLT^SCX).

Main graphics
by David McLachlan; intro gfx by Predseda; additional gfx by Darren Doyle (Greyfox); Starquake logo by Mark R. Jones and retouching by Phill Boag-Butcher (Galahad).

Title music composition
by Jas C. Brooke and Amiga conversion by Andy Lemon (Ne7/SCX); additional music conversion by Alvaro Delgado Reinoso (ADRDesign); loading music by Peter Wahlgren (Notorious/SCX); intro music by Ian Ford (Hoffman); and hidden game section music composed by Matthew Simmonds (4-Mat) and Amiga conversion by Carlos del Alamo (Estrayk).

[2] Min. Requirements: 1MB ram (game runs sluggishly on 1MB Amiga systems, but a more optimised update is planned for 2019 to remedy this).
Recommended: 68020 CPU, at least 1MB ram (required for smooth gameplay).

[3] STARQUAKE V1.1 was released for the Amiga in November 2018 as freeware (see EAB announcement), with a limited edition commercial boxed release (budget/premium/standard/collector's edition/deluxe versions) also being available for purchase from Psytronik and, previously, the Fusion Retro Books website.

[4] More info. about the development of the Amiga conversion of STARQUAKE can be read in this EAB thread started in August 2014 by coder Phill Boag-Butcher (Galahad) [see HERE].

[5] STARQUAKE V1.1(video preview) is available for viewing HERE [Source: Saberman's YouTube channel].

[6] ***STARQUAKE V1.1(full PD release incl. scene intro)*** is available for download from these sources:

STARQUAKE V1.1(ADF disk version) [Source: Scoopex demoscene website]
STARQUAKE V1.1(ADF disk/WHDLoad HD versions) [Source: EAB FTP site]
STARQUAKE V1.1(ADF disk/WHDLoad HD versions) [Source: EAB FTP mirror site]


TRIVIA: The Amiga conversion of STARQUAKE contains a couple of Easter eggs. For those who are easily given to temptation, the elusive secrets to unlocking the hidden game section, the meaning of life & more are only revealed in the mysteriously named Cheatcode section!!! (---> see HERE ;-)

Conversion Notes

Based on Steve Crow/Bubble Bus 1985 Spectrum release; ported from 1988 Mandarin Software Atari ST release.
PC versions: CGA

N.B. A STARQUAKE remake for iPad/iPhone was released in 2011.

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EASTER EGGS
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Coder Phill Boag-Butcher (Galahad) has revealed how to crack a couple of easter eggs that he has been sitting on (poor joke!) since releasing the Amiga conversion of STARQUAKE:

(1) If you hold down fire until the 'Copyright' screen appears after the cracktro, a different title tune is played.

(2) The game contains a secret section, but how do you unlock it??!! Get a highscore and enter your name as the best home computer ever made!!!

[Source: Galahad/FLT^SCX (coder)]


GENERAL TIP: To skip the intros and go straight to the game, hit the fire button on the EAB screen.


TELEPORT CODES (ATARI ST / AMIGA)
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ADKEA
KWANG
CWORE  BORNO
NICHA
SOCHI
HINDI
ROKEA
KALED
TSOIN
LUANG
TABET
SOLUN
DAURO
FLIED
CHING

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Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

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Conversion Atari 800/130/XL/XE

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BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
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MSX 1/2
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CGA

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Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
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Tatung Einstein
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Map info

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ECS no. 1

WYSIWYG version

ECS no. 2

Strip overlap L&R 1 column/screen each

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