Star Blader is a new one-on-one fighting game for the Atari Lynx hand held. Retroguru are working hard to finish the fighting game, a genre that is not saturated at all on the Atari portable. Honestly, I cannot think of another one-on-one fighting game on the Atari Lynx. Was there even one released? I know Batman Returns had fighting game elements but that was a brawler, not a tournament style fighting game. Star Blader is based on the fighting style of a classic computer fighting game, Barbarian.

The tale of Star Blader

To hedge off a new war between robots and humans, Princess Alenia along with her younger brother Elian, left on a diplomatic mission. Their ship was attacked by the robots and the royal family taken hostage. You mission is to fight clones of you and other humans to save the Princess and her brother. Can you complete this task before it is too late?

Star Blader mixes old and new elements.

Star Blader features many similarities to the classic computer game, Barbarian. Swords are used, decapitations are available, blood, and the like all make the jump. Do not expect Street Fighter II levels of combos and such though, this is a much more realistic style fight. No fireballs or unrealistic spinning kicks.

Swings of the sword take time to perform, jabs being quick but decapitation swings having to be planned well in advance. Like how Capcom’s arcade fighter handled moves. Stronger strikes took longer and left you open for attack if timed wrong.

Work in progress

Star Blader is not a completed game right now. The version available was made for the Revision 2021 competition. Work is presumably still going on and as soon as I know a release date for the final game, so will you.

Until then, check out eBay and Amazon for your retrogaming needs.

Carl Williams

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