<s>
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
was	O
a	O
major	O
success	O
for	O
Exidy	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
an	O
enclosed	O
sit-down	O
cockpit	O
cabinet	O
,,	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
highest	O
scoring	O
player	O
to	O
enter	O
their	O
initials	O
in	O
a	O
high	O
score	O
table	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
reprogrammable	O
microprocessor	O
based	O
game	O
system	O
with	O
full	O
screen	O
color	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
fire	I-Application
II	O
,	O
with	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
ported	O
by	O
Epyx	O
to	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computers	I-Device
in	O
a	O
bundle	O
with	O
Fire	O
One	O
,	O
another	O
Exidy	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Occasionally	O
,	O
a	O
thinner	O
,	O
horizontally	O
oriented	O
ship	O
that	O
looks	O
like	O
a	O
Colonial	O
Viper	O
from	O
Battlestar	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
will	O
be	O
seen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
no	O
one	O
to	O
fund	O
their	O
project	O
,	O
Rolfe	O
spent	O
extra	O
time	O
at	O
his	O
second	O
job	O
at	O
APh	B-Operating_System
Technological	I-Operating_System
Consulting	I-Operating_System
,	O
who	O
was	O
working	O
to	O
lay	O
down	O
the	O
programming	O
framework	O
for	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Intellivision	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michon	O
found	O
and	O
contacted	O
Exidy	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
arcade	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Sunnyvale	O
,	O
California	O
who	O
developed	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
and	O
Circus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
in	O
December	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
March	O
1980	O
,	O
Exidy	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
stage	O
of	O
selling	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
its	O
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
cabinets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epyx	O
ported	O
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
and	O
another	O
Exidy	O
game	O
,	O
Fire	O
One	O
!,	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
them	O
in	O
1983	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
classics	O
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exidy	O
created	O
an	O
update	O
called	O
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
II	O
which	O
improved	O
the	O
high	O
score	O
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Atari	O
's	O
Starship	B-Application
1	I-Application
,	O
but	O
contrasted	O
the	O
two	O
as	O
the	O
former	O
used	O
a	O
color	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1983	O
article	O
in	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
called	O
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
a	O
"	O
closet	O
classic	O
...	O
deserving	O
of	O
a	O
better	O
fate	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
ahead	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
and	O
unable	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
market	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
is	O
remembered	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
enter	O
their	O
initials	O
next	O
to	O
their	O
high	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
games	O
where	O
the	O
copyright	O
holder	O
has	O
granted	O
permission	O
to	O
freely	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
MAME	B-Device
for	O
non-commercial	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
appeared	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
plot	O
element	O
in	O
Disney	O
Studios	O
 '	O
Midnight	O
Madness	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
competing	O
teams	O
of	O
college	O
students	O
hunting	O
for	O
treasure	O
are	O
led	O
to	O
an	O
arcade	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
high	O
score	O
for	O
this	O
game	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
clues	O
to	O
the	O
treasure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
19	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
41	O
years	O
after	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
David	O
Rolfe	O
uploaded	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
,	O
Star	B-Application
fire	I-Application
II	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
under	O
the	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
Attribution	O
4.0	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
