Starwing Competition 

• 1993 
• Nintendo SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) 
• Nintendo 
• Argonaut Software 

  + 1

  Nintendo EAD

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Video games

Starwing Competition

Argonaut Software, Nintendo EAD

3D, Action, Shooter, Simulatie

1993

1

The Starwing Competition is a timed version of Starwing, where you have four minutes to get the highest score possible. The game lets you choose a control scheme, so you are not stuck with the default scheme. Points are scored by landing damaging shots, destroying enemies, bonuses for powerups & health at the end of the level. There is no pause functionality, so it is four non-stop minutes. There are three levels in the Competition cartridge. The first two levels are shortened versions of the Corneria & Asteroids levels. These levels also contain more enemies than in the equivalent versions of the levels in Starwing. The Corneria level features the start of the regular stage (where you can go through loops to get a laser powerup) & the final part where there are a series of buildings your can fly through if you are skilled enough. The Asteroids stage seems completely redesigned, with elements from different parts of the standard level. The final level is a special level designed specifically for the competition cartridge, featuring a space level where you go through rings. Enemies killed in this level give bonus points of 100, 500, 1000, 3000 & 5000 points. The level endlessly loops until you run out of time. The final stage uses the same music as the Space Armada level in the standard game. As for timing, provided you do not die, it takes about two minutes to finish the Corneria level, one and a half minutes to finish the Asteroid level, leaving you with around 30-40 seconds in the final rings level. To have any chance at the final level, you have to use your bombs on the two bosses to kill them quickly. The theoretical maximum score according to the game designs was about 172,000 points. Most of the store winners got between 130,000 and 145,000 points.