Star Cruiser (1980 video game)

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Star Cruiser
Developer(s) Strategems Co.
Platform(s) TRS-80
Release1980

Star Cruiser is a 1980 video game by Strategems Co. for the TRS-80 Model I Level II.

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Plot summary

Star Cruiser is a game where two hostile solar systems must either try to force 25 other planets become their allies, or destroy all six starships of their enemy. [1]

Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed Star Cruiser in The Space Gamer No. 30. [1] Mishcon commented that "A nice try, but the execution is so poor that it will bring to mind all the rip-of wargames moldering in your closet. Why not wait till someone does this properly?" [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mishcon, J. (August 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (30): 29.