Star Strike is one of the last Interactive Movies for the Sega CD by Sony Imagesoft. The video was done by Stargate Studios. The pending release in late 1995 was canceled due to the demise of the system only for the game to get picked up 5 years later by Good Deal Games who released it under their own name primarily targeted at retro enthusiasts.
You play as Trace, a rookie pilot who must defend Earth against the Protoids, a race of evil brain-eating aliens. His quest will take him to the farthest reaches of space, where everything looks the same and joystick wiggling is mandatory each time an enemy ship is shot down.
The game was MSTed by Retsupurae. If you've got half an hour to kill, it's definitely worth watching.
Not to be confused with the Intellivision game of the same name.
This work contains examples of:
- Disproportionate Retribution: The Protoid leader swears to exterminate humanity after a captive escapes, denying it a meal.
- Flipping the Bird: A variation. Captain Rammer swings his hand from under his chin as a big "fuck you" to the Protoids after his hilariously chaotic escape.
- Stock Footage: For every enemy ship that is destroyed, the gameplay stops so you can see: Your ship's lasers firing, the enemy pilot reacting, his fighter exploding, your fighter's AI/wingmen congratulating you, ...joystick waggling, and your wingmen giving you a command, before gameplay finally resumes. Every. Single. Time.
