StarFight VI continues the long line of StarFight freeware scifi action/adventure games.
However, the story continuum only covers three latest titles. Let me elaborate...
First game, StarFight: Beginning of the End (1994) was a weird and lousy piece of garbage from a
developer to whom even a simple double-buffered 2D sprite graphics engine was a major acomplishment
at the time. Second entry to the series, StarFight II: Ending Continues (1996) was never
released due to enormous amonts of seemingly unsolvable bugs.
I consider StarFight III - Within the Darkness (1997) to be the first StarFight-title to be taken
somewhat seriously. Game combined a treacherous scifi plot with half-decent action and adventure sections,
and although it was no marvel of techical excellence, MikroBitti magazine commended it with "Finnish
Game of the Month"-title in November 1997. Later on, StarFight IV - Legacy (1998)
got the same title in June/98, and demonstrated that freeware adventure games need not
necessarily be tiny text-based piles of amateur coding.
StarFight V - Hell's Gate (1999) took a step away from the previous entries to the
series. Game consisted purely of action sequences. Technical unimpressiveness alienated many from
this game. That's one of the reasons why the next title is a return to StarFight's roots...
The game you're about to experience greatly differs from it's predecessors.
First of all, this
is the first true Windows/DirectX title of the series. In terms of gameplay and world setting it's a great leap
forward as well. Although adventure sections are rather traditional, spaceflight isn't - it's not
mission based, and player has continued responsibility over his ship troughout the game.
Because of this, making StarFight VI proved to be quite challenging, and developement
went trough countless delays. But finally, after fourteen months of hard work and approximately
thirty thousand lines of code, JP-Production is proud to present it's latest and final contribution
to freeware gaming community...
Meet StarFight VI: Gatekeepers.