1 | '''''Star Ship''''' is one of the Platform/{{Atari 2600}}'s launch titles. It's a port of ''VideoGame/{{Starship 1}}'' and ''VideoGame/LunarLander'', with several variations. |
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3 | * Games 1-4: Just like ''Starship 1''. Fly through space and [[FirstPersonShooter shoot enemy ships]] while [[AsteroidThicket dodging asteroids]]. |
4 | * Games 5-9: A PlayerVersusPlayer variation of ''Starship 1'', where one player controls the ship and tries to shoot a "Space Module" controlled by the other player. |
5 | * Games 10-11: "Warp Drive". Fly through space and cover as much distance as possible without hitting asteroids. |
6 | * Games 12-14: ''Lunar Lander'', though without the physics. |
7 | * Games 15-17: Two-player ''Lunar Lander'', one player controls the lander and one player controls the moon. |
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9 | Not to be confused with [[Theatre/{{Starship}} the musical]]. |
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11 | !!''Star Ship'' provides examples of: |
12 | * AsteroidThicket: Games 1-4, 6-11, 13-14, and 16-17. |
13 | * BeepingComputers: Your ship's computer makes random beeping noises. |
14 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The game was released so early in the console's lifespan that Atari hadn't yet settled on the standard of having the left joystick control one-player games. So, instead, the right joystick is used for one-player games, and the left joystick is only used for the second player in two-player games. |
15 | * FirstPersonShooter: Games 1-9. The first Atari 2600 FPS. |
16 | * InvisibilityCloak: The Space Module in the two-player ''Starship 1'' games. |
17 | * NoPlotNoProblem: No mention of who you are, who you're shooting, or why. |
18 | * PlayerVersusPlayer: Games 5-9 and 15-17. |
19 | * RagdollPhysics: Unfortunately averted in the ''Lunar Lander'' games. You just move the lander around the screen with the joystick, and fire the rocket to make contact with the moon. |
20 | * ScoringPoints: You score points when you shoot enemy ships, dodge asteroids, or land your lunar lander. |
21 | * SideView: The ''Lunar Lander'' games. |
22 | * TimedMission: 2:16 per round in one player games. 4:32 in two player games, with control of the two objects switching at the halfway point. |
23 | * WrapAround: The ''Lunar Lander'' games. |
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