Welcome to a brand new adventure on Video Games Over Time! In this first episode exploring the groundbreaking space exploration game Starflight (1986), we dive into the game's fascinating history and backstory, then read through the official manual to understand the mechanics, lore, and systems.
After that, it’s time to blast off! We build our crew, equip our starship with essential cargo pods, and set out on our first mining expedition to earn some much-needed resources. Once we return to base and sell our minerals, I prep for additional offscreen mining runs.
Starflight helped define the genre of open-world space exploration, and this series will uncover what made it such a classic.
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0:00 Intro
0:14 Starflight Backstory
2:47 Starflight Manual
19:54 Starflight Initial Gameplay
50:50 Outro
In this episode of Video Games Over Time, we continue our journey through Starflight (1986) by expanding our operations across the galaxy. After covering the money grinding done offscreen, we review key notices back at Starport and head out on our first major expedition. We recommend our first planet for colonization and earn some serious cash!
From there, we dive into Starflight's story with our first main mission—responding to a mysterious distress signal. Using the information we gather, we attempt to make peaceful first contact with the Mechans, one of the many alien species in the game. Join us as we explore one of the most influential space exploration games of the 1980s!
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0:00 Intro
0:39 Going over Offscreen Work
4:04 Notices
9:30 Actually Leaving
16:02 Our First Expedition
56:41 Distress Signal Investigation
1:10:50 Greeting the Mechans
1:14:30 Outro
