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Star Fire

Star Fire is a first-person arcade coin-operated space combat video game created by Technical Magic for Midway-Bally and licensed for manufacture to Exidy in December 1978. It was distributed in Japan by Taito and Esco Trading in 1979. Designed by Ted Michon and David Rolfe and inspired by the film Star Wars, the game is not based on a licensed property.

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Genre
Space combat
Artist
Susan Ogg
Designer
Ted Michon
Developer
Exidy
Mode
Single-player
Platforms
Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64

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Reception

Legacy

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Star Fire

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples40
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

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Star Fire

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related to Reception · 12
Star Fire → Ahoy, Amusement, Atari's Starship, Commodore, Electronic Games, Fire One, It, Music Operators Association Exposition, Play Meter, Reviewing, Robert, Sodaro
Release · 6
Star Fire → 1983, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, C64, JP: June 1979, NA: December 1978, NA: December 1978JP: June 1979
related to Legacy · 6
Star Fire → An, It, Kenji Sawada, MAME, Sun, The Man Who Stole
related to External links · 3
Star Fire → David Rolfe, Killer List, VideogamesInterview
Publishers · 2
Star Fire → JP: Taito/Esco, NA: Exidy
Artist · 1
Star Fire → Susan Ogg
Designer · 1
Star Fire → Ted Michon
Developer · 1
Star Fire → Exidy
Genre · 1
Star Fire → Space combat
Mode · 1
Star Fire → Single-player

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game star fire exidy player arcade high one ship rolfe enemy score michon cabinet video david commodore 64 space 1978

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Star FireArtistSusan Ogg1.00infobox
Star FireDesignerTed Michon1.00infobox
Star FireDeveloperExidy1.00infobox
Star FireGenreSpace combat1.00infobox
Star FireModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Star FirePlatformsArcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 641.00infobox
Star FireProgrammerDavid Rolfe1.00infobox
Star FirePublishersNA: Exidy1.00infobox
Star FirePublishersJP: Taito/Esco1.00infobox
Star FireReleaseArcade1.00infobox
Star FireReleaseNA: December 1978JP: June 19791.00infobox
Star FireReleaseNA: December 19781.00infobox
Star FireReleaseJP: June 19791.00infobox
Star FireReleaseAtari 8-bit, C641.00infobox
Star FireRelease19831.00infobox
Star Fireis afirst-person arcade coin-operated space combat video game created by Technical Magic for Midway-Bally and licensed for manufacture to Exidy in December 19780.90text

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