Long shot - does anyone know the name of this game?

[gobuchul]

Hi there,


First post!


Just set up a Raspberry Pi with Retropie and having a lot of fun with it.


A bit of a long shot but I am trying to find a game I had on a CPC6128 back in the day.


It was a sci-fi, 2d turn based squad combat game. Very simple graphics, even for the time. I'm pretty sure it was a "budget" game.


It was based on a off World base, Mars or the Moon, I think.


You could play against the computer or another person.


I played it a lot but can't remember the name.


It wasn't Laser Squad. Much less famous.


Any idea's?

[Carnivius]

Not one I can help with (not my genre of games) but you could search through the screenshots on this CPC-Power list of strategy games and see if it's there?

http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lettre=all&lemot=&year=&compagnie=&cats=107&dumplang=&xplayx=&titlescreen=&unepictold=&unepictnew=&unefin=&typeins=&astuce=&pokes=&unplan=&soluce=&uncover=&desnotices=&ungoodies=&unepub=&test2=&dskcopy=&dskori=&cassette=&unezic2=&rom=&gx4000=&cpcplus=&patchplus=&lightgun=&unprix=&internautes=&alias=&trainer=&session=&flipbook=&diaporama=&video=&audiotape=&others=&bugs=&virer=&interdit2=&exporter=&position=1

[Penda]

Was it Rebelstar? I think that was a budget game.

[ervin]

Indeed the description does sound like Rebelstar.

[gobuchul]

Rebelstar it was!


Great work thanks all.

[gobuchul]

Rom download and game up and running!


Unfortunately I can remember the tactics that make it really easy to win against the computer., sort of spoils the fun!

[tjohnson]

If you haven't already tried it laser squad is a really good game and kind of sequel to Rebelstar, if you like Rebelstar you should love Laser Squad.  It could well be the best CPC game.

[gobuchul]

Doing a bit of research, it seems that Rebelstar and Laser Squad are part of the lineage that led to Xcom.

I play the modern Xcom games, so will definitely check Laser Squad out.