Random Game O' the Day: Solar Quest

[digitalpress]

The DP Random Game and Vector Generator (tm) has selected the arcade port-to-Vectrex "Solar Quest".

Solar Quest was a fairly generic space game in its day, blending in with many of the Asteroids clones of the era. But it IS a fun little game, and plays quite well on the Vectrex. What do you think? Write your mini-review here.

DP Guide sez:

Solar Quest (Vectrex, by GCE) $15/R4
Based on the 1981 Cinematronics coin-op. Original game designed by Scott Boden. Protect "your sun" from invading alien ships which change each wave. Consider this: the Vectrex is a vector-graphics system which means its graphics consist of nothing but straight lines - no curves. Where in the world did them come up with the ideas to make all the different waves of ships look different? #3104.

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[ManekiNeko]

Solar Quest. Decent game, but not fantastic... sort of a hybrid of Space War and Asteroids. It's fun to lure your enemies into a cluster, then blast them all with one of your bombs.

JR

[congobongo]

Can't get enough of my new Vectrex. I got 3 carts with it and this was one. I prefer the built-in Mine Storm to Solar Quest though it's still a nice game on it's own. The Vectrex just moves so smoothly that any game looks goods. It's a little hard to tell one wave of ships from the other as the DP guide suggests. When I play this game, it's not long before I get bored and Armor Attack goes back in. :-D