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In the game, you control a star fighter that must destroy several missile silos of a battlestation to keep it from launching one at Earth and destroying it. Opposing you are the battlestation's alien fighters that are trying to destroy you.
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In the game, you control a star fighter that must destroy several missile silos of a battlestation to keep it from launching one at Earth and destroying it. Opposing you are the battlestation's alien fighters that are trying who have been deployed to destroy intercept you.
* ItsAWonderfulFailure: A mild example, but if the alien fighters manage to shoot you down before Earth is in target range... you get to watch a sequence of Earth approaching the trench and getting blown up because you, humanity's final hope, have failed.
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* TimedMission: You only have a limited time before Earth becomes an open target.
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* TimedMission: You only have a limited time before Earth becomes an open target.is centered over the battlestation's trench. After this point, failing to destroy even one passing missile silo will result in Earth's destruction. On the hardest difficulty level, Earth ''starts'' at the trench, meaning it's game over if you miss even one silo.
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''Star Strike'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} game published by [[Creator/{{Mattel}} Mattel Electronics]], which was also ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}.
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''Star Strike'' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} Platform/{{Intellivision}} game published by [[Creator/{{Mattel}} Mattel Electronics]], which was also ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}}.
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Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/StarStrike1995 the FMV game]] released for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD or the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum game ''3D Starstrike'' (which was a clone of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'').
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Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/StarStrike1995 the FMV game]] released for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD Platform/SegaCD or the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum Platform/ZXSpectrum game ''3D Starstrike'' (which was a clone of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'').
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Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/StarStrike1995 the FMV game]] released for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.
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Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/StarStrike1995 the FMV game]] released for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.UsefulNotes/SegaCD or the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum game ''3D Starstrike'' (which was a clone of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheArcadeGame'').
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The Atari 2600 version adapted the separate laser and bomb controls of the Intellivision original to be used with the single-button joystick controller, so that flying over the trench caused you to fire a laser while flying within the trench caused you to drop a bomb.
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: What happens if you fail to destroy the missile silos before Earth fully comes into view.
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: What happens if you fail to destroy the missile silos before Earth fully comes into view. Also the battlestation itself when you destroy all the missile silos.
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Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/StarStrike1995 the FMV game]] released for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.
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* AirstrikeImpossible: This game is reminiscent of the trench run in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]''.
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* AirstrikeImpossible: This game is reminiscent of the Death Star trench run in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]''.
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* DifficultyLevels: Six in the Intellivision version, four in the Atari 2600 version.
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'''Star Strike''' is a 1981 UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} game published by [[Creator/{{Mattel}} Mattel Electronics]], which was also ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}.
In the game, you control a star fighter that must destroy several missile silos of a battlestation to keep it from launching one at Earth and destroying it. Opposing you are the battlestation's alien fighters that are trying to destroy you.
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!!This game provides examples of
* AirstrikeImpossible: This game is reminiscent of the trench run in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]''.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: What happens if you fail to destroy the missile silos before Earth fully comes into view.
* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames
* InterfaceScrew: Fireballs in the Atari 2600 version will cause your ship's controls to be temporarily messed up should they hit your ship.
* TimedMission: You only have a limited time before Earth becomes an open target.
In the game, you control a star fighter that must destroy several missile silos of a battlestation to keep it from launching one at Earth and destroying it. Opposing you are the battlestation's alien fighters that are trying to destroy you.
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!!This game provides examples of
* AirstrikeImpossible: This game is reminiscent of the trench run in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]''.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: What happens if you fail to destroy the missile silos before Earth fully comes into view.
* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames
* InterfaceScrew: Fireballs in the Atari 2600 version will cause your ship's controls to be temporarily messed up should they hit your ship.
* TimedMission: You only have a limited time before Earth becomes an open target.
