Ariolasoft Games Archive
Starfox
Starfox is a space-combat game developed by Realtime Games and published on Ariolasoft's Reaktor label in 1987. Its story is set in 2746, after centuries of conflict have left the eight planets of the Hyturian system locked in full-scale war. The long-standing Rubicon barrier has been breached, and the player is sent to discover how and restore the peace.
The surviving multilingual packaging covers the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum editions. It credits James Poole as producer, Harry Oversoft as director, Alex and Servo with first art-unit direction, Wong with financial direction, and Mandy and Jules with press and co-ordination.
Sources reviewed: Original Ariolasoft/Reaktor packaging; first-hand production recollection supplied by James Poole.