Star Control
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Ballistic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Toys for Bob, Accolade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Accolade sound driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Simulation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Star Control is a 1990 space combat simulation game developed by Toys for Bob and published for a variety of video game systems by Accolade, including to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991 (under the Ballistic brand). It was released without a license from Sega, prior to the Sega v. Accolade lawsuit.
Contents
Gameplay
The Mega Drive version of Star Control adds a further six scenarios not seen in the original Amiga version.
History
Development
The Mega Drive Star Control was ported from its Amiga incarnation. The original game was written in C, and porting to the Mega Drive took roughly four months[8].
As a 12-megabit (1.5MB) cartridge, Star Control was the largest Mega Drive game at the time of release[8], a selling point so prized by Accolade, that the publisher rushed the port out of the door before optimisations to the gameplay could be made.
Legacy
While its sequel Star Control II skipped Sega systems, plans were drawn up at one stage to bring Star Control III to the Sega Saturn.
Production credits
- Program Design: Fred Ford
- Game Design: Paul Reiche
- Sega Program: Robert Leyland
- Game Art: Paul Reiche, Greg Johnson, Erol Otus
- Programming: Robert Leyland, Fred Ford
- Design: Paul Reiche III
- Art work: Paul Reiche III
- Manual illustrations: Erol Otus
- Music: Erol Otus, Tommy V. Dunbar
- Sound effects: Paul Reiche III, Erol Otus
- Produced by: Pam Levins
- Testers: James Kucera, David Friedland
- Original manual: Larry Hall
- Sega manual conversion: Jeff Wagner, David Friedland
- Special thanks: Tim Wilson, Mike Lorenzen, Jay Stevens, Russell Shiffer, Andrew Kaluzniacki
Magazine articles
- Main article: Star Control/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Star Control/Technical information.
References
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:GamesX UK 04.pdf, page 36
- ↑ File:Star Control MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Star Control MD US Manual.pdf, page 2
- ↑ ', "October 1991" (; 1991-xx-xx), page 76
- ↑ ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 222
- ↑ ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 206
- ↑ ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 108
- ↑ ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 224
- ↑ ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 95
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 46
- ↑ ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 18
- ↑ ', "Octobre 1991" (; 1991-10-05), page 180
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