Star X

Nintendo exclusive

Through nine unique and extreme environments, players fly in aerial combat both in and above the atmospheres of the galaxy's planets in free roaming and land fixed play modes. Players will need to successfully complete 22 intense missions and survive fierce air-to-air and air-to-land battles with an alien race in order to save their plane. A step-by-step training mode gives the best techniques and tactics to destroy enemy aircraft and perform land-based attacks.

Released: 17 April 2002
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Genres: Light gun shooter Shooter
Developers: Graphic State Games
Publishers: BAM! Entertainment
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Star X is a rail shooter video game developed by Graphic State and published by BAM! Entertainment for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console. It was first released in North America on April 15, 2002, and later was released in the PAL regions on May 17, 2002.

Keywords

rail shooter
platform exclusive
language selection
difficulty level

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Star X is a rail shooter video game with gameplay and graphics similar to that of Star Fox.

Development

Star X was developed by Graphic State and published by BAM! Entertainment. The game was first announced in 2001 under the name Star Fight. Graphic State's creative director Richard Whittall cited 1993's Star Fox as an influence to the development of the game, while mentioning the gameplay to be different from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game.

Reception

Star X received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Craig Harris of IGN called it "terrible" and "frustrating".

Play Magazine called it the best Shooter for the Game Boy Advance, calling it one of the best GBA games of 2002 and the best polygonal handheld game ever.