Starship 1

This article is about the 1977 Atari videogame. For the 1977 Atari 2600 videogame, see Star Ship. For other uses, see Starship (disambiguation).
Starship 1
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Ron Milner
Steve Mayer
Dave Shepperd
Dennis Koble
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Shooter
Space combat
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemn/a (dedicated 6502-based PCB)

Starship 1 is a first-person shooter[4] space combat game developed and manufactured for arcades in 1977 by Atari, Inc. The game, which takes great inspiration from the television series Star Trek, contains the first known Easter egg in any arcade game.[5] The arcade game was distributed in Japan by Namco in 1978,[3] and was ported to the Atari 2600 as Star Ship.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Video Game Flyers: Starship 1, Atari, Inc. (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Fries, Ed (25 March 2017). "The Hunt For The First Arcade Game Easter Egg". Kotaku.
  3. ^ a b c "Star Ship 1". Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ Weiss, Brett. Classic Home Video Games, 1972–1984: A Complete Reference Guide. McFarland & Co. p. 112. Publisher: Atari. Developer: Atari. First-Person Shooter
  5. ^ Starship 1 at the Killer List of Videogames
  6. ^ Interview with Bob Whitehead from DP Interviews