Star Raiders - Warrior difficulty completed with NO SHIELDS! No-hit game.

[Ocelo]

So I've posted before about how much I love Star Raiders and previously live-streamed a "Star Commander Class 1" game. After sharing that with my Dad and my Uncle, they said "Well, that's good, but can you beat Warrior difficulty with no shields on?". I said that seems ridiculous, but apparently my Uncle had done this in the past. Challenge accepted!

Here's a YouTube video of my livestream game where I complete Warrior difficulty with _no shields_. I take no hits. Despite this perfect game, because of the lower difficulty my final score was still only Captain Class 5 (which seems crazy).

 

For what it's worth, they said that completing "Commander" difficulty with no shields must be impossible. I tried that for a couple of games, and made it to 7 or 8 kills with no shields on. I agree that it seems impossible, but maybe we'll keep trying.

 

[drpeter]

19 hours ago, Ocelo said:

completing "Commander" difficulty with no shields must be impossible

https://starraiders.wordpress.com/

[Rybags]

I think I tried for the perfect game maybe once or twice - or at least did the shield minimisation strategy.  Gave it up after inadvertantly smacking into a stray asteroid.

 

The guide there doesn't seem to mention - I'm fairly sure it does apply - how well you centre the cursor within the sector on the Galactic Map before warping also seems to have bearing on how accurate your arrival will be in relation to enemy ships.

Also, if you get the starbase surrounded message during warp (rare but does happen) you generally want to disengage and go there - you'll often be able to land in an empty sector by steering the aiming cursor away from the centre during the warp, which is helpful in being able to go where you're needed without being destroyed while on the map (just aborting the warp usually gets you nowhere and just wastes the energy)

Edited April 29, 2022 by Rybags

[Ocelo]

6 hours ago, drpeter said:

https://starraiders.wordpress.com/

AMAZING! Now I have to achieve this also!

[thegamezmaster]

Love this game. Remember back in the day, went to our Sears and saw this game hooked up. Not as advanced as you guys. Great!

[oky2000]

I don't have this on cart, I think I have some sort of Atarisoft branded bundle with Star Raiders on tape (which probably doesn't load). Played it a lot on my VCS but never really got the chance to play it on the A8 back then sadly. It was a system seller for sure.

[FifthPlayer]

Even knowing how the game turns out, watching that stream was a nail-biter!

[BIGHMW]

THIS, even 43 years later, is what makes Atari 8-bit/5200 stand out from the rest of the 8-bit competition, including ColecoVision (and I have both at that)!!!