Project Starfighter
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| Developer(s) | Parallel Realities |
| Publisher(s) | N/A |
| Designer(s) | Stephen Sweeney, Richard Sweeney |
| Platform(s) | Cross-platform |
| Release date | December, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | Not rated |
| Media | Download |
| System requirements | SDL |
| Input methods | Keyboard |
Project: Starfighter is an Open Source 2D shoot 'em up written by Parallel Realities. It is a mission and objective based game also featuring an intricate plot.
In the future a weapons corporation known as WEAPCO has dominated the known galaxy with their AI driven starfighters. Under the rule of WEAPCO people begin to suffer and perish. A young pilot called Chris Bainfield makes it his duty to free his home star system of WEAPCO's control. He then moves on to other star systems acquiring new allies along the way. Ultimately Chris and his friends fight their way in to Sol and take down the WEAPCO empire.
The game is non linear allowing the player to choose the order of the missions they will undertake in the system. The player's craft, The Firefly, can also be upgraded with a choice of secondary weapons and ability to powerup the main plasma cannons.
It also features computer controlled wingmates who will assist the player in battle. If the wingmate's craft is destroyed the wingmate will eject and be available in the next mission. Some missions however stipulate that the wingmate must not be allowed to be killed.
Project: Starfighter is available for Linux, Mac OS X, Sony PSP, Amiga OS4, QNX and Xbox.
[edit] Trivia
- The wingmate sisters, Phoebe and Ursula, are named after the twin sisters from Friends played by Lisa Kudrow.
