sandmountainslim Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Been playing Star Voyager today and boy it is an addictive little game, I have owned it for weeks but just go around to playing it today, I still havent figured out the purpose of the missiles fired from the #2 joystick yet as far as I can tell they just use up all your energy and I do just fine only using stick #1. Anyone have any insight or musings on this game? I think I will go ahead and declare it one of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Funny, there's no mention in the manual that joystick 2 fire is supposed to do anything in a one player game. According to the manual, you select your weapons via the right difficulty switch: A: Lasers, B: Photon Torpedoes. Perhaps this is an undocumented feature where in a one player game, stick 2 fire will fire your secondary weapon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Never could get into Star Voyager. Seemed kind of boring to me, maybe I'll pop it in and give it another go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 It surprised me but I love it, then again I wouldnt put too much stock in my opinions after all I am the dude who dissed the worlds most beloved game Desert Falcon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 This game was kind of fun before competition like Star Master put it to shame. The deal is that the lasers are easier to use than the missiles, but eat up your energy at a ridiculous rate. To be a good player, you gotta use missiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I was a good player and used lasers fine. The trick is Lasers can kill enemies all along it's path in that split second, wheras the missile has to travel to hit the opponent. Yeah you have to get good at the missiles, but they come into play only when you don't have enough energy for lasers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I actually never owned Star Voyager back in the day. Playing it in emulation, I see that I really missed something. Starmaster's gameplay was a lot stiffer. The ships only moved at the same angles, making it easier to line them up in your crosshair. Of course, Star Voyager and Starmaster look like Pong compared to Phaser Patrol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Star Voyager is a long time personal favorite (as you might be able to tell from my avatar - love that Star Wars-inspired box art!) No, it doesn't have the depth of Starmaster or Phaser Patrol, but it does offer a very nice arcade style shoot-em-up. Like it's modern homebrew "cousin" Star Fire, it allows you to enjoy some outer space action without all that fussing around with starbases and power management. For me, I enjoy using the lasers for the first few rounds, but to succeed at the higher levels, it was always necessary for me to switch to missiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 Oh yeah one more thing, does this game have an actual ending or just repeat over and over? The manual speaks of saving the capital starport but I didnt know if that was actually part of the game or just part of the story, as you guessed I havent mastered it enough to know the answer to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 It just goes on and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain King Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 My friend and I would play it two player. One piloting and firing missile and the other the lasers. In the higher levels would would run out of energy rather quickly since they throw more and more enemies at you. so we did a lot of running. Now I could have sworn there are like 10 stargate you ahd to go through and after the last one it gave you a rank if you didn't die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 This game was kind of fun before competition like Star Master put it to shame. Yes Nova is right, I bought Starmaster today and enjoy it much more than Star Voyager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 It just goes on and on. Well.. to be fair, you do get those ranking stripes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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