<s>
Starmaster	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
by	O
Alan	O
Miller	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
June	O
1982	B-Application
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
game	O
Star	B-Application
Raiders	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starmaster	B-Application
was	O
not	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
been	O
re-released	O
in	O
collections	O
such	O
as	O
Activision	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miller	O
programmed	O
other	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
games	O
for	O
Activision	O
including	O
Ice	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
and	O
Robot	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opening	O
jingle	O
of	O
Starmaster	B-Application
features	O
Also	O
sprach	O
Zarathustra	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
theme	O
for	O
2001	O
:	O
A	O
Space	O
Odyssey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
pilots	O
a	O
starfighter	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
destroying	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
enemy	O
ships	O
before	O
they	O
destroy	O
four	O
friendly	O
starbases	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
universe	O
is	O
a	O
square-shaped	O
galaxy	B-Application
mapped	O
into	O
a	O
grid	O
of	O
36	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
sector	O
can	O
be	O
home	O
to	O
some	O
enemy	O
ships	O
,	O
a	O
starbase	B-Application
,	O
both	O
,	O
or	O
nothing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
warp	O
to	O
a	O
sector	O
with	O
a	O
starbase	B-Application
,	O
and	O
dock	O
with	O
it	O
(	O
a	O
rather	O
tricky	O
process	O
)	O
to	O
replenish	O
energy	O
and	O
repair	O
damaged	O
subsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemy	O
ships	O
in	O
turn	O
maneuver	O
through	O
the	O
galaxy	B-Application
as	O
they	O
home	O
in	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
starbases	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starbases	B-Application
will	O
continue	O
to	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
join	O
the	O
"	O
Order	O
of	O
the	O
Supreme	O
Starmaster	B-Application
,	O
"	O
players	O
would	O
need	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
following	O
levels	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
magazine	O
's	O
"	O
1982	B-Application
Guide	O
to	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
"	O
described	O
Starmaster	B-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
space-piloting	O
game	O
cartridge	O
ever	O
created	O
for	O
a	O
programmable	O
video-game	O
system	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
A	O
.	O
Edwards	O
reviewed	O
Starmaster	B-Application
in	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edwards	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
Starmaster	B-Application
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	O
400/800	O
game	O
Star	B-Application
Raiders	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
graphics	O
are	O
perhaps	O
not	O
quite	O
as	O
good	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
sound	O
and	O
color	O
keys	O
are	O
better	O
,	O
and	O
best	O
of	O
all	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
