Talk:Star Raiders

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I would buy one of the Sega/Genesis systems if they re-released that game, it was that good, IMO.

Just expanded the article greatly with considerable wikification and external links. I think this game is more historically important than Wikipedia has heretofore indicated (but maybe it's just that I liked it as a kid). Anyone have the resources to get a good screenshot we can use? --Matt McIrvin 13:08, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Surprisingly, Solaris on the Atari 2600 was more visually advanced than the original Atari 800 version of Star Raiders."

Is this an error? Why should it be surprising that a later game is more visually advanced than an earlier one? Trinite 21:08, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

It's surprising because the Atari 800 is a significantly more advanced system than the Atari 2600. Clayhalliwell 18:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm surprised the page doesn't mention the Hip Hop song, circa 1985 I believe, about this game. The song is called Star Raid, by 19th Fleet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.206.131 (talk) 12:14, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Green?

Currently, most of the game screenshots shown a green background with the shields enabled. This should be blue, not green. It would be nice to replace these with shots from a corrected palette. Clayhalliwell (talk) 19:52, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Star Raiders II

I am currently working in collaboration with others to expand the stub for the 2011 Star Raiders sequel, Star Raiders II. We are currently working on a talk page, but hope to move content to the actual page soon. If anyone can provide missing information or suggestions, the help would be greatly appreciated.

The link to the talk page is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Nguyen102/Star_Raiders_(2011_video_game)

Thanks! KellyD78 (talk) 16:00, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

The 2011 game is a re-imagining of the original 1979 game, not a sequel. Likewise it was never called Star Raiders II. That's the name of the actual 1986 sequel to Star Raiders. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 23:01, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

the "real" Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb03mSdMaYc (me tried to add this infos but i failed at the reference-link-list) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.44.172.136 (talk) 08:57, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Re-write

I did a major re-write of the article re-doing the production, release, and other elements. A lot of it used sourced material from the previous version and others I've added here. If there are any questions or comments, I'd be happy to discuss them. Andrzejbanas (talk) 04:41, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Release

I was under the impression the game was released in 1979 for a long time but recently research and sources suggest otherwise. I believe most people jump to the 1979 date, because when playing the game, it has a big "(C) 1979" in the display. However, the published box says (C) 1980, I can barely confirm that the Atari 400/800s were even released in 1979. As for specific sources,

• The Gamasutra source states March 1980. [1].
• The trademark registration of Star Raiders states the earliest date for "Commercial Use" being in March 1980.(here) Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:19, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
• All the magazines and publications reviewing it who didn't see them at trade shows speak of the games popularity and public reception only in 1980.

Despite many sources just saying "1979" as a blank year, if we can't get anything more specific, I do not think it is accurate. Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:19, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

You may be right, but it needs a source. It's commonly been listed as 1979 for decades and most of the game databases echo that. Dgpop (talk) 21:29, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

I've provided two sources that give specific dates. Databases rarely give any indication to where the data comes from, so I don't think they really hold any weight. Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:33, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

"Killer App"

Do not add or suggest terms that an author has written in their review. Per WP:STICKTOSOURCE which states "Even with well-sourced material, if you use it out of context, or to reach or imply a conclusion not directly and explicitly supported by the source, you are engaging in original research; see below.". In this case, the term "Killer App" has been re-added. It shouldn't be, because that is not what the author has said. Andrzejbanas (talk) 05:00, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Andrzejbanas (talk · contribs), given that the term was not coined until after Star Raiders, it's not really reasonable to insist on that exact phrase appearing in a cite to qualify using that cite to support the game being a killer app for Atari 8-bit. That said, the article already has one cite from a RS that does use that phrase; I will reuse said cite, near other cites that discuss how much Star Raiders contributed to 8-bit hardware sales. Ylee (talk) 22:03, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I think later on I did notice it. I do feel strange initially about applying terminology to terms when it was not being used. I'll check out the edit later. Thanks for the ping! Andrzejbanas (talk) 23:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)