![]() Destroy said computer to claim victory.A Rebelstar campaign is fought in turns, the player selects each of their rebel troops and moves/fights with them until the particular soldier’s action points expire. Assault a base protected by a small army of robots, fight your way to the droid’s general, a computer called Isaac. ![]() But even taking into account that, back in ‘86 with a penny less than two pounds you could ride the bus into town, see Aliens at the cinema, buy fish and chips on the way home and still have change for a house deposit, Firebird’s cassette-based classic was a spectacular bargain given the quality of the product.Requiring a mere 48 kilobytes of memory to run the premise of Rebelstar was simple. Published by Telecomsoft, a software division of British Telecom, possibly my favourite game of all time only cost £1.99.Of course 26 years ago just under two quid was worth a lot more than it is now. Rebelstar came out for the ZX Spectrum in 1986. These names won’t mean much to many gamers but to me they’re part of a very special roll call and a reminder of epic battles won and lost. Leeder Krenon, Jasper Prune, Elane Freuyh. ![]()
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