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Star Trek: Phaser Strike

Star Trek: Phaser Strike is a shoot 'em up video game that was published by Milton Bradley in 1979, and released for the Microvision at the same time as the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In the game, the player must destroy ships with phaser banks located at the bottom of the screen. The Star Trek name was later dropped and the game was sold as Phaser Strike. It was sold under other names internationally: Shooting Star in West Germany, Italy and the UK, and Cannon Phaser in France and Canada.

Gameplay
Three phaser banks are placed at the bottom of the screen enabling the player to shoot in three separate directions at spaceships represented by a collection of blocks. Although the game is entitled Phaser Strike, the game manual refers to the projectiles as missiles. The player is also able to choose the number of ships that will appear, in multiples of 10 up to 90; ==Release==
Release
Star Trek: Phaser Strike was released in November 1979 by Milton Bradley for the Microvision hand-held game system alongside the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, This made it the first home console video game release for the Star Trek franchise. After Milton Bradley lost the license during the following year, a new non-Star Trek related version was released, simply called Phaser Strike. ==References==
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