StarFighter 3000

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StarFighter 3000
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment (US), Telstar (EU), Imagineer (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (8 tracks)
Peripherals supported: 3D Control Pad, Sega Mission Stick
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥6,8006,800 T-15012G
Sega Saturn
US
T-8135H
Sega Saturn
EU
T-29701H-50

StarFighter 3000 (スターファイター3000), known simply as Star Fighter in North America (having originated as a 3DO game with the same name), is a 3D third-person spaceship shooter for the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

In StarFighter 3000 players control a space ship in a fully 3D environment. Usually the objective is to destroy specific targets without running out of energy.

Unlike other versions of the game, the Saturn port of StarFighter 3000 introduces fogging to mask geometry pop-in. The side effect of this approach is that the colours in each level are far less saturated, and all of the in-game backgrounds are grey (save for those set in space).

Magazine articles

Main article: StarFighter 3000/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #86: "September 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
58 №406, p30
80 №46, p56-58[5]
72 №10, p80/81[3]
53 №1996-16, p243[6]
23 №, p15[7]
86 №84, p11
Sega Saturn
62
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
58
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
47
[9]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
80
[5]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
47
[10]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
63
[11]
Sega News (CZ)
80
[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[3]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
53
[13]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
23
[7]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
86
[14]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
84
[15]
Sega Saturn
63
Based on
11 reviews

StarFighter 3000

Saturn, US
StarFighter Saturn US Box Back.jpgStarFighter Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Disc
Starfighter sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, JP
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Cover
StarFighter3000 Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
StarFighter3000 Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc

References

  1. File:CVG UK 176.pdf, page 48
  2. File:MeanMachinesSega48UK.pdf, page 75
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:SSM UK 10.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SSM UK 10.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  4. Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 193
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
  6. File:SSM_JP_19960927_1996-16.pdf, page 245
  7. 7.0 7.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content
  8. Famitsu, "1996-09-27" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 1
  9. Mega Fun, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-05), page 70
  10. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 19" (JP; 1996-09-06), page 197
  11. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70
  12. Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 19
  13. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-16 (1996-09-27)" (JP; 1996-09-13), page 245
  14. Sonic the Comic, "16 August 1996" (UK; 1996-08-07), page 11
  15. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 53