Commodore 64 · original game · version 0.11 and Advanced Edition

Starbraze

An original space shooter for the Commodore 64 in 6510 assembly. Patrols in waves, three lives, the Helios Guardian, and SID music — built one playable milestone at a time.

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The Starbraze menu on the C64, with the choices up music, right sound effects, down silent, and press and release fire. — The menu — music, sound effects or silence

Starbraze in play, red enemy ships in formation over a black star field and the white player ship at the bottom. — Milestone 0.8 — patrol waves

The Advanced Edition of Starbraze, with the yellow Helios Guardian patrolling the top of a moving star field and a plasma bolt falling towards the player. — The Advanced Edition — the Helios Guardian

Starbraze is the game of the first volume of the C64 Game Manual Series. It starts as a status panel and a field of stars, and milestone by milestone gains a ship, shots, a patrol of four enemies, collisions, a score, three lives, waves, a boss and music, until the mission restarts by itself.

Play it in VICE x64sc, in PAL mode, with a joystick in port 2. Press and release Fire to start; after victory or defeat, press and release Fire again to return to the menu.

Where it comes from

Written line by line in Starbraze, volume 1 of the C64 Game Manual Series:

Chapters 1 to 15 — see the contents.