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Earthlight (video game)

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Earthlight
Cover art
Developer(s)Nexus
Publisher(s)Firebird Software
Designer(s)Pete Cooke[2][3]
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum
Release
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Earthlight is a horizontally scrolling shooter published for the ZX Spectrum in 1988 by Firebird Software. Written by Pete Cooke, Earthlight features parallax scrolling and shadow effects, a novelty for the Spectrum.[3]

Plot

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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.

Reception

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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.[3] Your Sinclair awarded 8/10, describing it as a polished game but without the depth of Pete Cooke's previous releases.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Earthlight at GameFAQs
  2. ^ a b Jonathan Davies (July 1988). "Earthlight review". Your Sinclair (31). Archived from the original on 2006-09-24.
  3. ^ a b c "Earthlight review". CRASH (53).
  4. ^ Game review, Crash magazine, Newsfield Publications, issue 53, June 1988
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