Star Fighter

A remake of Spacewar for the PDP-1. It is 2 player and don't let the other player win!

Genres: shooter

Comments6

Fib
Fib30 Aug 2016, 02:10
I love it. I appreciate everything in 1 executable, it makes it simple to run. I also enjoyed the purple and gray border to emulate the PDP-1 console. Very good re-creation of a seminal game from (ancient) history.
skreeb30 Aug 2016, 05:58
"Someone died" made me laugh. Also I'm curious as to why you chose not to use the arrow keys.
ZQMony30 Aug 2016, 06:25
The graphics were nice and the game played well. Overall, the game was simple, but fun.
yotam18030 Aug 2016, 11:39
The game is simple, fun to play and is easily understood, but quickly gets boring (you know, it's basically the same every fight - moving and shooting. Idk - maybe I'm missing the point). There's nothing much to say besides that. The game being a Jam entry and not a Compo entry is a little disappointment, because I don't think 72 hours are required for this.

But, besides the criticism, when first played, it is fun! Could be better, but still fun!
rd127p77author30 Aug 2016, 14:54
@skreeb, I chose not to use the arrow keys to keep with the original Spacewar controls scheme.
epb90007 Sep 2016, 09:38
Simple game, but fun and it triggered a bunch of Google searches for the PDP-1, so I learned something today too. I'll have to play against the girls at some point.

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