Starship 1

Easter Egg:
Disable the 'Bonus Time' DIP switch. Hold the Phasor and Start buttons down. Drop a quarter in the Coin 1 slot, then quickly let up the buttons and slam the Slow control. The words 'Hi Ron!' will appear on the screen, and you will get 10 free credits.

Contains the first known Easter egg in any arcade game


Becoro # 2023-12-26 14:16:02 - source

Starship 1™ is another fantastic Atari first. This incredibly realistic video sensation goes where no game has gone before! Suspense, speed and manoeuvring skill highlights Starship 1’s exciting play action. Realistic cockpit controls guide the starship up, down, left and right to intercept and zero in converging "laser" beams, activated by fire buttons on the controls, on approaching targets. Or manoeuvre over and around hostile plantes to avoid crashing. Players can also lever-select "fast" or "slow" speeds.

# 2023-12-26 14:14:57 - official description - The Arcade Games History

Probably the first "fly through space and shoot other ships from a cockpit viewpoint" game. Used a light yoke with a small button on the end to fire lasers and also had a control stick for different speeds. It was a timed game where the object was to shoot other ships for points.

# 2006

software: Emulated on MAME,

display: Monotone

ported to
Star Ship (Atari 2600)