Starfighter Neon is an unabashed, lazy ripoff of games such Asteroids/"SpaceWar!" (Copyright Atari/Steve Russell respectively, 1980/1962 respectively). Many lazy "amateur" developers don't pay attention to their obligations under copyright law, and often steal the ideas of actual, real game developers without credit, such as the "developer" here has done. At this stage no legal action has been taken by Atari/Steve Russell respectively against the "developer" here, but it's never off the table, as previous copyright law cases have shown. Putting aside the unethical intellectual bankruptcy of stealing someone else's game concept for profit, this is also breaking that unwritten law of stealing other people's game ideas... you should at least try to do better than the game you're ripping off. Starfighter Neon is considerably worse than Asteroids/"SpaceWar!". You can play Star Control 2 for free, and that's way superior to any of those games, and a million times better than this trash...
Starfighter Neon
$0.99
- Release Date:
- Dec 18, 2017
- Developer:
- MadeOfDinosaurs
- Publisher:
- MadeOfDinosaurs
- Platforms:
- Windows Mac
Game Tags
About This Game
Starfighter Neon is a small, fun, re-playable arcade style space shooter where the goal is to beat your best scores (and your friends), unlocking extra ships as you go.
- It doesn't have an epic settings, huge boss battles or an emotional story line.
- It does have bite size sessions of laser blasting, alien dodging, space ship action!
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
- If you fly off one side of the screen, you appear back on the other side, use this to escape enemies and surprise others!
- You have 3 lives each game.
- Collecting pickups will boost your weapons for a short while.
- There are Green, Blue and Yellow weapons to collect, alongside the default blaster, each available as 'normal' or 'gold' strength. The Yellow weapons are unique to each Starfighter.
- Collect coins to unlock extra Starfighters in the Ship Shop that all fly in different ways, and each have a unique powerup.
- Collect the SmartBomb pickup to wipe out the entire screen of enemies!
- Try Jump-in Mode - no gradual build up, drops your straight into the action.
Easy to play, just point and fire, this isn't a twin stick shooter. Keyboard and Gamepads both supported.
With the v1.4 update - there's now also a 'turn and go' control scheme, why not give it a go?
With the v1.1 update - there is actually a twin stick shooter mode, if that's your thing - but you can totally stick to playing the simpler original game if you prefer.
- Infinite game play, it only stops when you lose all your lives.
- Steam achievements and leaderboard.
- Steam cloud support.
- WASD / Cursors to Move.
- Space / Enter to Fire.
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User Reviews
Mixed
3 user reviews
67%
Positive
User #784015
english
27 min at review
User #373660
english
40 min at review
System Requirements
Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows XP SP2 +
- Processor: 1.4Ghz Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB +
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Sound Card: Sure, why not. All the sfx were made with the awesome Bfxr tool.
- Additional Notes: The game should not be overly resource hungry (tested on a 2010 MacBook Air running Windows 10), if you have a frame rate issue, try lowering the resolution from the settings menu.
FAQ
How much does Starfighter Neon cost?
Starfighter Neon costs $0.99.
What are the system requirements for Starfighter Neon?
Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2 + Processor: 1.4Ghz Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB + DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space Sound Card: Sure, why not. All the sfx were made with the awesome Bfxr tool. Additional Notes: The game should not be overly resource hungry (tested on a 2010 MacBook Air running Windows 10), if you have a frame rate issue, try lowering the resolution from the settings menu.
What platforms is Starfighter Neon available on?
Starfighter Neon is available on Windows PC, macOS.
Is Starfighter Neon worth buying?
Starfighter Neon has 67% positive reviews from 3 players.
When was Starfighter Neon released?
Starfighter Neon was released on Dec 18, 2017.
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