Starburst: A Walk on the Wild Side

## Description

You are here in your Corastron Ship to save the galaxy after scientists on the
planet Sistasis blew up the planet trying to discover what made the planets
core active and now dangerous Plastron Boulders are loose. The game is split
into three stages with each stage played on one screen as you try to control
the boulders.

Stage One: There are three coloured boulders bouncing around the screen and
the yellow and purple boulders must be directed into their home slots while
the grey boulder will disrupt the stage but is needed when the coloured
boulders are in their slots. You must move around the screen and shoot the two
coloured home slots until they turn lighter and finally start flashing. When
the yellow home slot is flashing your ship turns into a bat. You must now
direct the two coloured boulders into the slots at a clean 45 degree angle. If
a boulder is in it’s slot and the grey boulder touches it then the boulder
starts bouncing around the screen again. Once both coloured boulders are home
then you must direct the grey boulder into all four corners. The coloured
boulders can still be knocked out of their slots. Your energy gauge is just
the yellow and purple bars and you lose energy when you touch any boulder.
Once both gauges are empty then it is game over.

Stage Two: You now have four different coloured boulders bouncing around and
the aim is to keep shooting the force field bit by bit until it disappears
from the top or bottom of the screen. You can move around the whole screen but
can’t hit the force field from the sides. While shooting you must avoid
touching any boulder as this will lose part of your energy bar. You now have
four parts of your energy gauge and once again it’s game over when it is
empty. The more of the force field you destroy the more boulders that enter
the screen.

Stage Three: The final stage will see you trying to round up six different
coloured boulders by shooting each boulder in the correct sequence. When the
correct boulder is weakened by your constant shooting it jumps up the line to
the next boulder. Keep doing this until you weaken the last coloured boulder.
There are other coloured boulders but don’t react to your shooting and is just
wasting time shooting them. A red boulder will bounce around the screen and if
you touch it then the line of boulders reset and you have to start again. You
have a full gauge and touching boulders decreases it and it is game over when
it is empty.

Between each stage is a bonus round to build up your score. Pick up pods to
make yourself bigger and when happy with your size (this dictates the amount
of boulders as well) you can move into the playing screen and try to deflect
boulders into your character to score points. When your energy gauges are
empty you move on to the next stage. A joystick is used to control your ship.

Starburst: A Walk on the Wild Side