<s>
Starglider	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
space	O
combat	O
simulator	O
published	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
by	O
Rainbird	O
as	O
the	O
sequel	B-Language
to	O
1986	O
's	O
Starglider	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
the	O
wireframe	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
Starglider	B-Application
2	I-Application
uses	O
flat	O
shaded	O
polygons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
Starglider	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
to	O
destroy	O
an	O
enemy	O
space	O
station	O
with	O
a	O
neutron	O
bomb	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
consists	O
of	O
collecting	O
parts	O
for	O
the	O
bomb	O
,	O
or	O
fulfilling	O
other	O
prerequisites	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
action	O
games	O
that	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
that	O
machine	O
's	O
mono	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
use	O
Argonaut	O
's	O
"	O
Argonaut	O
Dual	O
Loading	O
System	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
system	O
whereby	O
the	O
disks	O
are	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
interchangeable	O
;	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
disk	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
load	O
the	O
game	O
onto	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
practice	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
unreliable	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
Starglider	B-Application
2	I-Application
it	O
was	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
The	O
One	O
magazine	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
"	O
is	O
slightly	O
slower	O
and	O
rather	O
less	O
smooth	O
"	O
and	O
digital	O
sounds	O
effects	O
were	O
not	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
ST	O
version	O
since	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
20%	O
slower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
perfect	O
demonstration	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
the	O
best	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
98%	O
.	O
</s>
