- Starship 1
Infobox VG
title = Starship 1
developer =Atari
publisher =
designer =Steve Mayer ,Dave Shepperd ,Dennis Koble
release =1977
genre = Shooter
modes = 1 player
cabinet = Upright
arcade system =Atari System 16
display = Black and white raster, standard resolution
input = Control yoke with trigger, 2-position speed lever, proton torpedo button
platforms = Arcade"Starship 1" is an
arcade game developed, manufactured, and released by Atari in 1977.Gameplay
The object of "Starship 1" is to destroy alien spacecraft while maneuvering through star and asteroid fields.
The game uses a first person perspective on a black-and-white monitor. The player's ship is controlled with a control yoke that is connected to two
potentiometers . There is also a lever that controls whether the ship is moving "fast" or "slow".Atari;"Starship 1 service manual"] Compared to common arcade games of the time, "Starship 1" was comparatively advanced, but used quite a bit of analog technology that would become less common in arcade games in following years.As enemies appear onscreen, the player tries to center the enemy in the crosshairs and shoot it with his "phasors" by pulling a trigger on the control yoke. Alternatively, the player has 5 "proton torpedoes" per game that can be fired by pressing a large white button on the dashboard. This will destroy any enemy ship on screen, regardless of whether it is in the crosshairs (which are painted directly on the screen).
The enemy ships are roughly patterned after ships from the "" and the title device from the 1967 episode "
The Doomsday Machine ".The player does not view the game monitor directly; the monitor is recessed in the cabinet, and the player views a reflected image of the monitor in a half-silvered mirror with a space background.
Legacy
3500 units of the game were shipped. "Starship 1" was later ported to the
Atari VCS byBob Whitehead as "Star Ship ". [http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_bob_whitehead.html Interview with Bob Whitehead] ]References
External links
*KLOV game|id=9782
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