Your planet is being attacked by hordes of alien space craft and it seems you are the last hope of survival. You sit behind the controls of a Surface Runner vehicle which glides over the surface of the planet at an incredible speed. You are protected by a force field and armed with a limitless supply of photon missiles. You are the STAR RIDER.

The object is to blast as many of the alien spacecraft as you can, without letting them get past you. Every time you hit an alien your score is increased and your shields are boosted, however when an alien gets past you it zaps your shields making your Surface Runner vehicle shudder. The game is over when your shields have gone. You will find STAR RIDER fast and furious especially at the higher levels, if you ever get that far!

STAR RIDER CONTROLS

START begins a game at wave 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 begin a game at levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 respectively

T toggles vertical control of the joystick

ESC aborts the game

SPACEBAR pauses/resumes a game

Use joystick in port 1 to manoeuvre the crosshair sights and press the trigger to fire a photon missile.

HIGH SCORES

If you manage to survive that far, you will be able to enter your name on the high score screen. Moving the joystick left and right will move the cursor in the appropriate direction and moving the joystick up and down moves forwards and backwards through the characters. When your name is complete, press the trigger and your name will be entered. On subsequent high scores, the name entered appears as a default to save you entering your name each time.