Earthlight (video game) explained

Earthlight
Developer:Nexus
Publisher:Firebird Software
Designer:Pete Cooke
Genre:Scrolling shooter
Modes:Single-player
Platforms:ZX Spectrum

Earthlight is a horizontally scrolling shooter published for the ZX Spectrum in 1988 by Firebird Software. Written by Pete Cooke, Earthlight features parallax scrolling and shadow effects, a novelty for the Spectrum.[1]

Plot

The player takes the role of an alien explorer from the star-system of Arcturus, called Slaatn, who has been drawn off-course by a beam of energy from Earth and has had to make a landing on the Moon. Slaatn must neutralise the box-like transmitters and thus eliminate the force field.

Reception

CRASH awarded the game 90%, with the reviewers impressed with every aspect of the game, particularly the 3D shaded graphics and the sound effects. The gameplay was compared to that of Uridium.[1] Your Sinclair awarded 8/10, describing it as a polished game but without the depth of Pete Cooke's previous releases.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Earthlight review. 53. CRASH.
  2. Earthlight review. Your Sinclair. Jonathan Davies. 31. July 1988. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060924113217/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/earthlight.htm. 2006-09-24.