| Earthlight | |
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Slaatn's ship (left) is approached by hostile forces (right) |
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| Developer(s) | Nexus Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Firebird Software |
| Designer(s) | Pete Cooke |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media/distribution | Cassette tape |
Earthlight is a computer game published for the ZX Spectrum in 1988 by Firebird Software. It was written by Pete Cooke.
The player takes the role of an alien explorer from the star-system of Arcturus, called Slaatn, who has been drawn off-course by a beam of energy from Earth and has had to make a landing on the moon. Slaatn must neutralise the box-like transmitters and thus eliminate the force field.
Earthlight is a shooter featuring parallax scrolling and shadow effects, a novelty for the Spectrum.[2]
CRASH awarded the game 90%, with the reviewers impressed with every aspect of the game, particularly the 3D shaded graphics and the sound effects. The gameplay was compared to that of Uridium.[2] Your Sinclair awarded 8/10, describing it as a polished game but without the depth of Pete Cooke's previous releases.[3]