Death Star Interceptor (1985)

Death Star Interceptor was released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. It was published by System 3 Software Ltd and developed by David Aubrey-Jones and Mark Cale.

This arcade shoot-em-up is designed for a single player. The game features Beeper Speech technology and supports control via Cursor keys, Kempston Joystick, or Interface 2.

The cassette version was priced at £7.95. The game was also released for the Commodore 64 platform.

Critical reception varied significantly. Crash magazine awarded the game 92% and a Crash Smash award, while other publications, such as Sinclair User and ZX Computing, provided lower scores. The average magazine score across four reviews stands at 48%.

The game was well-known in Russia, featuring numerous TR-DOS releases from groups such as Avalon, Namor Corp, and Phantom Ltd. It received a Russian translation by Sergey Izotin and appeared in local electronic magazines with POKE codes. Cracked cassette versions were also distributed by teams like Satansoft.