<s>
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
(	O
stylized	O
with	O
an	O
exclamation	O
mark	O
and	O
sometimes	O
Stargoose	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
that	O
was	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
by	O
Logotron	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Scouser-Gitt	O
,	O
who	O
pilots	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
,	O
a	O
vessel	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
commissioned	O
to	O
scour	O
the	O
planet	O
Nom	O
and	O
collect	O
48	O
crystals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
priced	O
at	O
£19.95	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
for	O
its	O
Amiga	B-Device
release	O
,	O
and	O
negative	O
ones	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
,	O
with	O
reviewers	O
praising	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
criticizing	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
variety	O
in	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
its	O
difficulty	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Scouser-Gitt	O
,	O
a	O
pilot	O
who	O
flies	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
vessel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
begins	O
with	O
a	O
mother	O
ship	O
dropping	O
off	O
Scouser-Gitt	O
directly	O
above	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
the	O
area	O
in	O
a	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
weapon	O
is	O
a	O
forward-facing	O
gun	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
is	O
also	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
limited	O
supply	O
of	O
missiles	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
fired	O
from	O
either	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
vehicle	O
and	O
destroy	O
enemies	O
on	O
contact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
decreases	O
every	O
time	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
collides	O
with	O
an	O
enemy	O
or	O
is	O
hit	O
by	O
their	O
fire	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
latter	O
two	O
are	O
depleted	O
with	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
entering	O
a	O
tunnel	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
switches	O
to	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
perspective	O
,	O
viewing	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
inside	O
a	O
circular	O
space	O
from	O
behind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
is	O
upside	O
down	O
upon	O
exiting	O
the	O
tunnel	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
crash	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
lose	O
a	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
artist	O
Steve	O
Cain	O
and	O
programmer	O
Graham	O
Everett	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
developed	O
the	O
platform	O
game	O
Black	B-Application
Lamp	I-Application
from	O
Firebird	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cain	O
also	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
graphics	O
for	O
1985	O
's	O
Frankie	B-Application
Goes	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hollywood	I-Application
from	O
Denton	O
Designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everett	O
intended	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
to	O
be	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
racing	O
game	O
through	O
the	O
same	O
tunnels	O
that	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
finished	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
Logotron	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
in	O
1988	B-Application
and	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
were	O
ported	O
from	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
which	O
limited	O
their	O
impact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
,	O
joystick	B-Device
,	O
or	O
keyboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
for	O
its	O
Amiga	B-Device
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
,	O
Chris	O
Holmes	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
difficult	O
and	O
that	O
once	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
learned	O
to	O
overcome	O
this	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
becomes	O
a	O
touch	O
monotonous	O
as	O
the	O
action	O
does	O
not	O
vary.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Jarratt	O
of	O
Commodore	O
User	O
complained	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
"	O
the	O
gameplay	O
fails	O
to	O
fulfil	O
 [ sic ] 	O
the	O
promise	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
"	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
the	O
French	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Génération	O
4	O
rated	O
it	O
at	O
45%	O
,	O
criticizing	O
its	O
similarity	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
and	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
pale	O
copy	O
of	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
"	O
,	O
although	O
praising	O
its	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
Richard	O
Silsby	O
of	O
Australian	O
Commodore	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Review	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
July	O
1989	O
issue	O
,	O
recommended	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tomas	O
Hybner	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
October	O
1988	B-Application
edition	O
of	O
the	O
Swedish	O
Datormagazin	O
,	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
3.75	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
original	O
"	O
,	O
also	O
highlighting	O
its	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
for	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
were	O
more	O
negative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Wilton	O
of	O
ACE	O
,	O
writing	O
in	O
October	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
noted	O
that	O
"[a]	O
host	O
of	O
unusual	O
features	O
make	O
it	O
stand	O
out	O
"	O
but	O
"[o]riginality	O
is	O
no	O
substitute	O
for	O
gameplay	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
contouring	O
element	O
did	O
not	O
mesh	O
will	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publication	O
's	O
final	O
assessment	O
gave	O
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
517	O
out	O
of	O
1000	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
assessment	O
from	O
October	O
1988	B-Application
's	O
issue	O
of	O
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
was	O
even	O
lower	O
,	O
highlighting	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
general	O
presentation	O
as	O
positive	O
,	O
but	O
criticizing	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
for	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
variety	O
and	O
the	O
sound	O
for	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
originality	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
overall	O
rating	O
of	O
37%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
Matt	O
Bielby	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
72%	O
,	O
but	O
held	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
music	O
in	O
low	O
esteem	O
and	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
overall	O
as	O
one	O
with	O
good	O
potential	O
that	O
"	O
botches	O
the	O
job	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
68%	O
in	O
November	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
praised	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
the	O
audio	O
,	O
while	O
ST	O
Action	O
scored	O
it	O
at	O
71%	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Goose	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
by	O
Prism	O
Leisure	O
Corporation	O
in	O
late	O
1991	O
for	O
£2.99	O
and	O
received	O
more	O
favourable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stuart	O
Campbell	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
,	O
gave	O
the	O
re-release	O
an	O
82%	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
limited	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
arguing	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
good	O
value	O
for	O
the	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Australian	O
Commodore	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Review	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
,	O
upheld	O
its	O
recommendation	O
with	O
a	O
77%	O
for	O
the	O
re-release	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
