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[6].
As a 12-megabit (1.5MB) cartridge, Star Control was the largest Mega Drive game at the time of release[6], 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
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #30: "January 1992" (199x-xx-xx)[9]
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Star Control/Technical information.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 47
- ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 42
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mean Machines, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-29), page 48
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-15), page 109
- ↑ Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 48
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:GamesX UK 04.pdf, page 36
- ↑ File:Star Control MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Star Control MD US Manual.pdf, page 2
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 222
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 206
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-15), page 108
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 224
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 95
- ↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ Games-X, "11th-17th July 1991" (UK; 1991-07-11), page 18
- ↑ Joystick, "Juillet/Août 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 180
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
- ↑ Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 79
- ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 80
- ↑ Mean Machines, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-29), page 46
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
- ↑ Power Play, "10/91" (DE; 1991-09-xx), page 163
- ↑ Raze, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 50
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
- ↑ Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 30
- ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 176
- ↑ User, "Ávgoustos 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 86
- ↑ Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 89
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