Star X

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 17, 2002, and later was released in the PAL regions on May 17, 2002.

Star X
Developer(s)Graphic State
Publisher(s)BAM! Entertainment
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • NA: April 17, 2002
  • PAL: May 17, 2002
Genre(s)Rail shooter

Gameplay

Star X is a rail shooter video game.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic60/100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CVG6/10[4]
Game Informer6.75/10[5]
GamePro[6]
GamesMaster61%[7]
GameSpot6.8/10[8]
GameZone8.9/10[9]
IGN4.5/10[10]
Nintendo Power3.3/5[11]

Star X received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] Craig Harris of IGN called it "terrible" and "frustrating".[10]

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 game ever.[12]

References
  1. IGN Staff (October 4, 2001). "Graphic State Games' New GBA Projects". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  2. Minkley, Johnny (March 21, 2002). "Interview: GBA reaches for the stars!". Computer and Video Games. Future plc. Archived from the original on September 21, 2007.
  3. "Star X for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  4. Walker, Peter (June 29, 2002). "GBA Review: Star X". Computer and Video Games. Future plc. Archived from the original on September 8, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  5. Leeper, Justin (July 2002). "Star X". Game Informer. No. 111. GameStop. p. 93. Archived from the original on February 27, 2005. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  6. Star Dingo (May 3, 2002). "Star X Review for Game Boy Advance on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 21, 2004. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  7. "Star X". GamesMaster. Future plc. 2002.
  8. Tracy, Tim (April 22, 2002). "Star X Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  9. Knutson, Michael (April 19, 2002). "Star X". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 1, 2005. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  10. Harris, Craig (April 18, 2002). "Star X". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  11. "Star X". Nintendo Power. Vol. 158. Nintendo of America. July 2002. p. 151.
  12. "Year in Review - Game Boy Advance". Play. No. 14. February 2003. p. 69.


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