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|header='''''Spacecraft''''' | |header='''''Spacecraft''''' | ||
|file=[[File:spacecraft.gif|290px|border]] | |file=[[File:spacecraft.gif|290px|border]] | ||
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'''Release type:''' [[Shareware]]<br /> | '''Release type:''' [[Shareware]]<br /> | ||
| − | '''Release date:''' 1993<br /> | + | '''Release date:''' [[1993]] (original release)[[Category: 1993]]<br /> |
'''Levels:''' 7<br /> | '''Levels:''' 7<br /> | ||
| − | '''Author:''' [[Acord | + | '''Author:''' [[Gary Acord]]<br /> |
'''Website:''' [http://acordgames.webs.com/ Acord Games]<br /> | '''Website:''' [http://acordgames.webs.com/ Acord Games]<br /> | ||
'''Registration bonus:''' ''Spacecraft 2'' and ''Spacecraft 3'', hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club<br /> | '''Registration bonus:''' ''Spacecraft 2'' and ''Spacecraft 3'', hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club<br /> | ||
'''Registration price:''' $20<br /> | '''Registration price:''' $20<br /> | ||
| − | '''Related games:''' | + | '''Related games:''' ''[[Zapper 4-B: Holy Neverwhere!]]'', ''[[Nebula]]'', ''[[Penguin Pete]]'' |
| − | + | }}{{PendingHeader}}{{Disambig|Matthew Groves|Space Cadet}} | |
| + | Appears to have originally been titled ''Starcraft''. For what that's worth. | ||
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| + | Actually a pretty straightforward game, compared to the webs of some other Gary Acord projects. | ||
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| + | == Story == | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[File:Craft.gif|center]] | ||
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| + | Fly through space in your starcraft as you battle alien rockets & blast meteors & comets & fight your way to your destination home. | ||
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| + | ==Instructions== | ||
[[File:spacecraft.png|320px|thumb|Still chasing those dots, in ''Spacecraft'']] | [[File:spacecraft.png|320px|thumb|Still chasing those dots, in ''Spacecraft'']] | ||
| − | + | : Arrow keys - move around. | |
| + | : [X]-jump right. [Z]-jump left. | ||
| + | : [Space]- shoot low. | ||
| + | : [A]-shoot high. | ||
| + | : [P] - pick up objects. | ||
| + | : [N] - small right jump. | ||
| + | : [F1]-instructions. | ||
| + | : [F2]-inventory. | ||
| + | : [F5]-save game. [F6]-load game | ||
| + | : [F1O]- about Acord Games. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | ==Credits== | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Acord Games]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Resources == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Levels 1 and 3 are from Acord's game ''[[Holy Neverwhere!]]''. | ||
| + | * Stage 2 is based on the star map from ''[[Nebula]]''. | ||
| + | * Level 4 appears basically original. | ||
| + | * Level 5 is a variation of level 16 from ''[[Zapak]]''. | ||
| + | * Levels 6 and 7 are based on mazes from ''[[Penguin Pete]]''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Availability == | ||
| + | |||
| + | Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the [http://acordgames.webstarts.com/ author's Website], and through several third-party mirror archives. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Archive History == | ||
| + | |||
| + | On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on [http://www.demu.org/resources?textsearch=gary+acord the site] -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive. | ||
| − | ==Links== | + | == Links == |
<videoflash>qQ-F6v2D1BM</videoflash> | <videoflash>qQ-F6v2D1BM</videoflash> | ||
| − | * [http://www. | + | === Interviews / Articles === |
| + | |||
| + | * [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EJRTairne/20130516/192184/Inside_the_Mind_of_Gary_Acord.php Inside the Mind of Gary Acord] (Gamasutra) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Listings === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/Spacecraft_1020 archive.org entry] | ||
| + | * [http://demu.org/resource/Spacecraft_1020 demu.org entry] | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Misc. Links === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/spacecraft.php Play ''Spacecraft'' online]''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Downloads == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/spacecr.zip Spacecraft]''''' (720 kB) | ||
| + | * Level 1 map (? kB) | ||
| + | * [[Media:Spacecraft2.png|Level 2 map]] (? kB) | ||
| + | * [[Media:Spacecraft3.png|Level 3 map]] (? kB) | ||
| + | * [[Media:Spacecraft4.png|Level 4 map]] (? kB) | ||
| + | * [[Media:Spacecraft5.png|Level 5 map]] (? kB) | ||
| + | * [[Media:Spacecraft6.png|Level 6 map]] (? kB) | ||
| + | * [[Media:Spacecraft7.png|Level 7 map]] (? kB) | ||
[[Category: Shareware]] | [[Category: Shareware]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Acord | + | [[Category: Gary Acord]] |
| + | [[Category: Free-floating]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Action games]] | ||
[[Category: New discoveries]] | [[Category: New discoveries]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Complete games]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Games needing maps]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Texas]] | ||
| + | [[Category: United States]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:35, 6 August 2017
Release type: Shareware
Release date: 1993 (original release)
Levels: 7
Author: Gary Acord
Website: Acord Games
Registration bonus: Spacecraft 2 and Spacecraft 3, hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club
Registration price: $20
Related games: Zapper 4-B: Holy Neverwhere!, Nebula, Penguin Pete
THIS ARTICLE IS INCOMPLETE
FULL ENTRY COMING SOON!
FULL ENTRY COMING SOON!
Not to be mistaken for Matthew Groves's Space Cadet.
Appears to have originally been titled Starcraft. For what that's worth.
Actually a pretty straightforward game, compared to the webs of some other Gary Acord projects.
Contents
Story[edit]
Fly through space in your starcraft as you battle alien rockets & blast meteors & comets & fight your way to your destination home.
Instructions[edit]
- Arrow keys - move around.
- [X]-jump right. [Z]-jump left.
- [Space]- shoot low.
- [A]-shoot high.
- [P] - pick up objects.
- [N] - small right jump.
- [F1]-instructions.
- [F2]-inventory.
- [F5]-save game. [F6]-load game
- [F1O]- about Acord Games.
Credits[edit]
Resources[edit]
- Levels 1 and 3 are from Acord's game Holy Neverwhere!.
- Stage 2 is based on the star map from Nebula.
- Level 4 appears basically original.
- Level 5 is a variation of level 16 from Zapak.
- Levels 6 and 7 are based on mazes from Penguin Pete.
Availability[edit]
Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the author's Website, and through several third-party mirror archives.
Archive History[edit]
On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on the site -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive.
Links[edit]
Interviews / Articles[edit]
- Inside the Mind of Gary Acord (Gamasutra)
Listings[edit]
Misc. Links[edit]
Downloads[edit]
- Spacecraft (720 kB)
- Level 1 map (? kB)
- Level 2 map (? kB)
- Level 3 map (? kB)
- Level 4 map (? kB)
- Level 5 map (? kB)
- Level 6 map (? kB)
- Level 7 map (? kB)
