Starman (ZX Spectrum Next)
A downloadable game
STARMAN (ZX Spectrum Next)
Astronaut Peter S. Pace, aka Starman, was on another mission in deep space when his spaceship suddenly blew up. He escaped from certain death using his jetpac and a force shield, the only things left to help him get home.
In despair, he dares to face the perils ahead in the form of daunting obstacles and threatening aliens. Along the way he'll need to refill his oxygen and fuel supplies. He might also find other useful items on his journey.
Your mission: help our desperate little hero return to Earth, using your skills to dodge relentless comets and flying saucers, and avoid sarcastic aliens, who will be pleased to challenge your abilities.
You are flying in space, so can only change movement direction - hovering isn't possible. Reaching the edges of the screen changes direction too. Avoid the screen corners as they will forcibly push towards the centre.
The force shield protects you from front collisions, but using it depletes your supplies. And Starman WILL complain if he feels unsafe without the shield!
In Arcade Mode, you start with 3 lives and any collision will cost a life. You can collect supplies even with the shield active. In Survival Mode, there's only 1 life, any collision will cost you some supplies, and you can only collect items with the shield off. Supplies are refilled at the end of each sector.
REQUIREMENTS
Starman was designed for the ZX Spectrum Next.
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The CSpect emulator has shown incompatibility issues with the music driver used in the game. Thus, it needs to run with the background music disabled. Add the switch -emu to the CSpect start command to run Starman properly on that emulator. Starman runs perfectly on real hardware, though.
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The physical release is available to order here: https://teknamic.com/product/starman-next/
CREDITS
Game design, programming, and art by Paulo and Rafael Silva.
Music by Pedro Pimenta. Format conversion by Mike Cadwallader.
Text font by Damien Guard.
Cover art by JR Rodrigues.
Published by Teknamic Software.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of 4.99€ EUR. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- New update fix digital-0156aFeb 05, 2024
- A brief retrospective on the production of Starman.Dec 30, 2023
- New update fix digital-0150Dec 30, 2023
- New update fix digital-0149Dec 22, 2023
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Hello. If you want to send some of your games for review to WIDMO magazine: https://husaria-games.itch.io/widmo, you would like to be interviewed, etc., let me know at husaria.games.office@gmail.com. How can you do it? Send us the game by email, or share it on itch.io. As for the games you send, we prefer only full versions, because we can't rely on a demo to play and review something. We prefer games for every Sinclair device. But if it was to be NEXT, there is a condition that the game must run on an emulator. Best regards, the Husaria Games team
What emulator do you recommend?
CSpect by Mike Dailly, you can get it here: https://mdf200.itch.io/cspect
Hello, I see that the cover doesn't have the ZX Next Hub seal... are you planning to meet the requirements for get the seal??? I would like to know why some Next games have the seal and other don't. THANKS!
Hi, Miquel!
The seal is optional. We have no plans in that regard. We are pleased with our physical and digital editions of Starman. We have had positive feedback since we presented the game at the Brasil Games Show 2022 (a significant gaming event in South America).
Best regards!
Demo file ?
Hi, no demo file is available yet.