<s>
Starfox	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Ariolasoft	O
on	O
their	O
Reaktor	O
label	O
in	O
1987	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
wireframe	O
and	O
shaded	O
vector	O
graphics	O
to	O
depict	O
combat	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Elite	B-Application
and	O
Starstrike	O
2	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
also	O
created	O
by	O
Realtime	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ariolasoft	O
had	O
previously	O
published	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
titles	O
Skyfox	B-Application
and	O
Arcticfox	B-Application
and	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
chosen	O
to	O
build	O
on	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
those	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
pilots	O
the	O
Starfox	B-Application
craft	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
cockpit	O
view	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
features	O
three	O
scanners	O
showing	O
views	O
to	O
the	O
rear	O
and	O
sides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CRASH	O
praised	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
outstanding	O
graphics	O
"	O
and	O
concluded	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
very	O
good	O
if	O
you	O
put	O
some	O
effort	O
into	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
thought	O
it	O
"[a]	O
disappointingly	O
Elite-ish	O
game	O
...	O
seems	O
very	O
slow	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
User	O
were	O
less	O
enthusiastic	O
about	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
they	O
said	O
"	O
Star	O
Fox	O
is	O
initially	O
a	O
fun	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
somehow	O
it	O
seems	O
like	O
a	O
diluted	O
version	O
of	O
Elite	B-Application
...	O
it	O
just	O
gets	O
all	O
a	O
little	O
too	O
slow	O
and	O
frustratingly	O
dull	O
at	O
points.	O
"	O
</s>
