Spacecraft 1

Spacecraft

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

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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.

Story

Fly through space in your starcraft as you battle alien rockets & blast meteors & comets & fight your way to your destination home.

Instructions

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 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 the site -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive.

Links

Interviews / Articles

• Inside the Mind of Gary Acord (Gamasutra)

Listings

• archive.org entry
• demu.org entry

Misc. Links

• Play Spacecraft online

Downloads

• 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)