Starscape

ABSOLUTELY ANCIENT game. I first played this back in the 1.0 demo version almost twenty years ago. I remember clear as day it was the very first Shareware game i ever wanted to "register" (aka buy) when i was just a wee lad. It's a run of the mill 2D shmup with slight craft/research elements (Think Asteroids but instead of picking up stuff you vaccuum them in first) A bit sad that Moonpod never really released a sequel even though it was in plans. And though the game has been updated a number of times, some bugs still remain to this day. Main menu theme cuts out weirdly that never did in the original 1.0 release Danger nodes randomly crash the game since as far back as 1.3 The first boss' attack (you know, the big purple laser?) is set to 400% volume compared to every other sound effect regardless of sfx volume. Weird capitalization on some items (like ship hull types) Name capitalization issues when naming the player or custom ships (JAMESON anyone?) And some of these are long, LONG standing bugs by the way. But since Moonpod is basically defunct at this point, it's a safe bet it will never be fixed. Snag it at a serious discount if you're aching for those old "2001 windows xp shareware games" experience.