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''Starfighter'' is a video game published by Aardvark Technical Services in 1979 for Ohio Scientific computers. Three versions of the game were sold so they could work on a range of OSI hardware: ''Starfighter 540'', ''Starfighter 600'', and ''Starfighter Alphabetics''. It was ported to the
TRS-80 The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores. The name is an abbreviation of '' ...
and TRS-80 Color Computer.


Plot

''Starfighter'' is a game in which the player commands a starfighter, using photon torpedoes and missiles against enemy starfighters, battleships, cruisers, and supercruisers in the Alpha Centauri system.


Reception

Bruce Campbell reviewed ''Starfighter'' in '' The Space Gamer'' No. 61. Campbell commented that "While I have enjoyed playing ''Starfighter'', I refuse to recommend a program that so badly needed additional debugging."


References

{{reflist 1979 video games Space combat simulators TRS-80 Color Computer games TRS-80 games Video games developed in the United States