Star Fire

Star Fire, released 1979, is considered to be a groundbreaking shoot 'em up arcade game by Exidy that brought a number of new innovations to the market; including being of the first to use a sit-down cockpit.

Appearance

The look and feel of Star Fire is directly lifted from the movie Star Wars and, to a lesser extent, the TV show Battlestar Galactica. The attract-mode screen displays the name "Star Fire" in the same swooping sans-serif display typeface used by the Star Wars promotional posters and main titles. The primary enemy in the game are spaceships that are virtually indistinguishable from Star Wars' TIE fighters and the player's primary weapon is an array of 4 lasers that fire in an "X" pattern, implying that the player is flying a ship somewhat akin to an X-wing. The enemy base is identical to the Death Star. The game was not officially licensed to use the Star Wars trademarks.

The game is in full color, using true RGB graphics for its visuals. In 1979, this was still not very common, and made it stand out from many other arcade games of the era.