Starship 1

This article is about the 1977 Atari videogame. For the 1977 Atari 2600 videogame, see Star Ship. For other uses, see Starship (disambiguation).
Starship 1
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Ron Milner
Steve Mayer
Dave Shepperd
Dennis Koble
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Shooter
Space combat
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemn/a (dedicated 6502-based PCB)

Starship 1 is a first-person shooter[4] space combat game developed and manufactured for arcades in 1977 by Atari, Inc. The game, which takes great inspiration from the television series Star Trek, contains the first known Easter egg in any arcade game.[5] The arcade game was distributed in Japan by Namco in 1978,[3] and was ported to the Atari 2600 as Star Ship.[6]

Gameplay

The object of Starship 1 is to destroy alien spacecraft while maneuvering "Starship Atari" through star and asteroid fields, "saving the Federation".

The game uses a first person perspective on a black-and-white monitor. The player's ship is controlled with a control yoke that is connected to two potentiometers. There is also a lever that controls whether the ship is moving "fast" or "slow".[7] Compared to common arcade games of the time, Starship 1 was comparatively advanced, but used quite a bit of analog technology that would become less common in arcade games in following years.

As enemies appear onscreen, the player tries to center the enemy in the crosshairs and shoot it with his "phasors" by pulling a trigger on the control yoke. Alternatively, the player has 5 "proton torpedoes" per game that can be fired by pressing a large white button on the dashboard. This will destroy any enemy ship on screen, regardless of whether it is in the crosshairs (which are not game generated graphics but taped directly on the monitor screen).

Four distinct enemies appear: Star Trek-inspired starships worth 50 points, eyed worm-like alien creatures and Klingon type ships each worth 100 points, and a flashing flying saucer craft worth 200 points.

The player does not view the game monitor directly; the monitor is recessed in the cabinet, and the player views a reflected image of the monitor in a half-silvered mirror with a space background.

Easter egg

According to research by Ed Fries, Starship 1 contains the first known Easter egg in any arcade game. Fries confirmed with designer Ron Milner that by activating the machine's controls in the appropriate sequence, the game displays the message "Hi Ron!" (in reference to Milner) and gives ten free games.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Video Game Flyers: Starship 1, Atari, Inc. (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Fries, Ed (25 March 2017). "The Hunt For The First Arcade Game Easter Egg". Kotaku.
  3. ^ a b c "Star Ship 1". Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ Weiss, Brett. Classic Home Video Games, 1972–1984: A Complete Reference Guide. McFarland & Co. p. 112. Publisher: Atari. Developer: Atari. First-Person Shooter
  5. ^ Starship 1 at the Killer List of Videogames
  6. ^ Interview with Bob Whitehead from DP Interviews
  7. ^ Starship 1 service manual, Atari.
  8. ^ Fries, Ed (March 22, 2017). "Chasing the First Arcade Easter Egg".

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