A re-release of a much
loved oldie brings a tear to your
eye, dunnit? It's like seeing old
film of John Lennon, or Elvis
(no, not Four-Eyes, the fat one!)
or hearing that, although
nearing geriatric age, Genesis
is reforming to do a gig of all its
old stuff... (Sniff!) It was with a
sigh and a faraway look that I
booted up this old wrinkly. O
light! O joy! O de toilette! It
hasn't aged a bit.
By far the best 3D cockpit
game of all time (and I spit on
Starion,
Time Gate,
3D
Lunattack and so forth when I
say this)
3D Starstrike was a
real breath of fresh air at the
time it originally came out. Real
Time Software has gone on to
prove that it knows a thing or
two about 3D effects recently,
with the sequel. That little baby
broke a few heads, as you may
well recall.
It really is the closest thing to
flying a real spacecraft, or so
one imagines, and as a
shoot 'em up is really hard to
beat for playability and
excitement, even amongst the
sophistication of today's games.
Put it alongside anything new,
and it stands up like a trooper. If
you bought
Starstrike II, but
missed the first one, I advise
you to patch this gap in your
education. Well worth three
quid of anyone's money!
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