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| Author | Opus Games |
| Type | Shooter |
| Version | 6.0 |
| License | Mixed |
| Last Updated | 2003/12/03 |
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Star Shot is a space shooter for the Game Boy Advance.
User guide
Welcome to space combat. Your primary goal is to survive against the constant swarm of alien ships. The aliens come in three different types, but all have one thing in common: they are out to ram themselves into your ship!
You start with 20 health points... reach zero and you die a loser. Reach max health and you win. You can also play Endless Swarm, a game in which you survive as long as you can.
Tips: The key to winning the game is use the strafe controls. Fly away from the enemy ships, and then strafe to spin around and shoot behind you as they follow. Also, watch out for heart powerups produced by destroying the "Random Walk" type enemy ships. They are worth 5 health points, which is more than double the worth of other ships.
Ships
Player:
- The player's ship has an autofiring plasma bolt gun and storage for both missiles and superbombs.
- The player's craft starts with 20 health points, but it can hold a total of 100.
Alien - Chaser:
- This alien homes directly in on you.
- It takes 5 shots to kill it, and if it hits the player it can do up to 5 points of damage.
- If killed, it usually produces a 2 point health powerup.
Alien - Random Walk:
- This alien recalculates its heading at random times.
- It takes 10 shots to kill it, and if it hits the player it can do up to 10 points of damage.
- If killed, it usually creates a 5 point health powerup.
Alien - Zig Zag:
- This alien zigs towards you every half second.
- It takes 5 shots to kill it, and if it hits the player it can do up to 5 points of damage.
- If killed, it usually produces a 2 point health powerup.
Powerups
Heart - Worth 2 or 5 health points (depending on the type of enemy ship the powerup came from).
Weapon-Up - You can hold up to 3 of these, each increasing your ship's firepower. You will loose weapon-up powerups if you take damage.
Superbomb - This powerful special weapon powerup gives you one superbomb. Use it to destroy all active enemies in one giant flash of light.
Missiles - This special weapon powerup gives you 4 missiles. Missiles guide themselves to the closest enemy, and do 4 points of damage if they hit.
Screen Icons
Heart icon - How much health you have. Hit 0 and you're dead. Reach 100 to win.
Skull icon - The number of alien ships you have killed. The game's difficulty increases every 25 kills.
Cube - The number of superbombs you have (displays if you have superbombs selected as the current special weapon).
Cross shape cube - The number of missiles you have (displays if you have missiles selected as the current special weapon).
Clock - Game time. How long have you been playing?
Cheats
There are four cheat codes in the game, all are accessed while on the start screen. Hold down both the shoulder buttons to set the cheat mode, and then tap:
A - Increase main gun power level
B+D-Pad - Increase number of weapons you start with
Select - Roggle profiling on/off (for debugging)
Left - Quick Win (you win the game at 25 health)
Controls
D-Pad - Turn, Move
A - Shoot (autofires)
B - Shoot special weapon (shield in Star Shot version 1)
L - Strafe (ship continues along current trajectory but can be turned in any direction)
R - turbo (ship travels twice as fast)
Select+D-Pad - select special weapon
Up - Superbomb
Down - Shield
Left/Right - Missiles
Start - Pause game
L+R - Cheat mode
Screenshots
Compatibility
Tested on the Boycott Advance and Mappy emulators. The game also run on an actual GBA.
External links
- Official website - https://www.opusgames.com/games/gbaDev/starshot.html