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Starflight
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Genre: Simulation

















Release Date RRP Code

Starflight is a 1986 simulation game for home computers by Binary Systems and Electronic Arts ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991.

Gameplay

You control an astronaut in a space program who uses the program's limited funds to set up a spaceflight that completes a variety of missions. You do this by first building your crew and ship, then taking them off into space to explore.

Completing these missions gives the player MU (monetary units). Other very important sources of MU are digging for metals and suggestion planets colonization.

Fuel usage, gravity, temperature, weight load etc. must be considered during all missions, enhancing the simulation experience.

Compared to the PC original, most of the graphics have been updated. The game came with a space map as pack-in. The instruction manual contains the story of a starship captain, which can be used as a walkthrough, although not every item location was revealed.

It should be noted that the player is never forced to actually complete a mission, one might fly and explore as long as there are enough resources. The game however has an ending that requires a sequence of discoveries to be made: Uncover the reasons for the so called "flaring" phenomena and destroy the source of it.

History

Legacy

The game got a sequel called Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula, but it was never ported to a Sega system.

Promotional material

EGM US BuyersGuide 1992.pdf¦page#28-29¦US print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #bg92: "1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
91 №119, p90-92[1]
90 №25
96 №27, p36-37[2]
90 №1, p44-45[3]
91 №19, p188
56 №5, p94
79 №23, p79
94 №12, p72-74[4]
90 №14, p81
62 №26, p52
83 №2, p44/45[5]
82 №18, p67
Sega Mega Drive
 84
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[6]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
75
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Console XS (UK) PAL
82
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
91
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[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
63
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[10]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
91
[11]
Game Power (IT)
89
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GamePro (US) NTSC-U
96
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[13]
Games-X (UK)
90
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[14]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
89
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[15]
Joypad (FR) PAL
90
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Joystick (FR)
91
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[17]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
56
[18]
Mega (UK)
79
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Mega Force (FR) PAL
70
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Mean Machines (UK)
94
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[21]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
94
[22]
Player One (FR)
90
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Power Play (DE)
84
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Sega Power (UK) PAL
62
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Sega Pro (UK) PAL
83
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Sega Pro (UK) PAL
82
[27]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
76
[28]
Video Games (DE)
82
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Sega Mega Drive
 81
Based on
24 reviews

Starflight

Mega Drive, US
Starflight MD US Box Full.jpg
Cover
Starflight MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Starflight MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Starflight MD US Poster.pdf
Poster
Mega Drive, EU
StarFlight MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
Starflight MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, BR
Starflight md br cover.jpg
Cover

References

  1. ↑ File:CVG UK 119.pdf, page 90
  2. ↑ File:GamePro US 027.pdf, page 38
  3. ↑ File:Joypad FR 001.pdf, page 44
  4. ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 12.pdf, page 72
  5. ↑ File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf, page 46
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 222
  7. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 128
  8. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 134
  9. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 90
  10. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 22
  11. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 96
  12. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 42
  13. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 38
  14. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 36
  15. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 104
  16. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 44
  17. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 188
  18. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
  19. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 79
  20. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  21. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 72
  22. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
  23. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 81
  24. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 182
  25. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 52
  26. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 46
  27. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
  28. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 25
  29. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 35
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