History VideoGame / StarCastle

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The weak point is the cannon itself, which can be taken out with a single shot.

* DeflectorShields: The manual for the arcade called them "energy rings", while the vetrex version calls them walls. There's three layers, and they operate on a segment-basis.

* GlassCannon: The enemy cannon can be destroyed by a single shot, but fires devastatingly powerful blasts if it gets the opportunity. Specifically, it will fire if there's a c

* ShieldedCoreBoss: The boss is destroyed in one hit, but is protected by three layers of walls. Each wall consists of 12 segments (8 in Vectrex version) that takes two hits each, and is spinning to distribute the damage. If a wall is destroyed, they're replenished by a new layers.

%%* WrapAround: 4-directional.

This game has been released for the UsefulNotes/{{Vectrex}}. An UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} version was attempted by Atari, but instead it became ''VideoGame/YarsRevenge''. A homebrew version for the Atari 2600 was released years later, as was a UsefulNotes/ColecoVision version called ''Star Fortress''.

* ShieldedCoreBoss: The boss is destroyed in one hit, but is protected by three layers of walls. Each wall consists of 12 segments (8 in Vetrex version) that takes two hits each, and is spinning to distribute the damage. If a wall is destroyed, they're replenished by a new layers.

%%* DeflectorShields

* GlassCannon: The enemy cannon can be destroyed by a single shot, but fires devastatingly powerful blasts if it gets the opportunity.

* WrapAround: 4-directional.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: the weak point is the cannon itself, which can be taken out with a single shot.

* DeflectorShields

* VectorGame
* VideoGameLives: you have three, with an extra one awarded for each enemy cannon you destroy.

This game has been released for the UsefulNotes/{{Vectrex}}. An UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} version was attempted by Atari, but instead it became ''VideoGame/YarsRevenge''. A homebrew version for the Atari 2600 was released years later.

''Star Castle'' is a VectorGame from TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames. Released in 1980 by Cinematronics, and bearing a passing resemblance to ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'', the aim of ''Star Castle'' is to destroy a large, stationary space cannon using your small, agile fighter craft.

''Star Castle'' is a VectorGame from TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames. Released in 1980 and bearing a passing resemblance to ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'', the aim of ''Star Castle'' is to destroy a large, stationary space cannon using your small, agile fighter craft.

This last thing is ''Star Castle'''s defining feature. Each forcefield ring is composed of twelve sections, which can be destroyed individually by the player's guns. The rings spin in opposite directions, so any holes blasted in the ring won't stay in the same place - this requires the player to destroy large sections of the ring in order to expose the enemy cannon long enough to get a shot in.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/star_castle_9603.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Good luck! I'm behind ''three'' forcefields!"]]

* VideoGameLives: you have three.

* EndlessGame: The game never ends, it just gets more

[[caption-width-right:350:Good luck! I'm behind ''three'' forcefields!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Star Castle]]

* EndlessGame

Each forcefield section takes two hits to collapse, and making it more challenging is the fact that the shield rings can regenerate - although they'll only do so if you completely destroy it. Because of this, you have to be careful to destroy the shields just enough to allow you to get a shot at the cannon, without destroying them completely.

* DeflectorShields: The follow-up game ''Asteroids Deluxe'' replaced Hyperspace with Shields.

[[caption-width-right:350:Break down that wall!]]

->''The [[CognizantLimbs EYE]] is protecting Exor!!''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Super Mario RPG]]''' informing us why we can't hit the boss's weak spot yet.