<s>
Starquake	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
platform	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Stephen	O
Crow	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bus	I-Application
Software	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Tatung	B-Operating_System
Einstein	I-Operating_System
(	O
all	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
(	O
1987	O
)	O
and	O
IBM	O
compatibles	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
(	O
both	O
1988	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
BLOB	O
(	O
Bio-Logically	O
Operated	O
Being	O
)	O
,	O
whose	O
mission	O
is	O
to	O
penetrate	O
the	O
unstable	O
core	O
of	O
a	O
rogue	O
planet	O
which	O
has	O
appeared	O
from	O
a	O
black	B-Application
hole	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
multiple	O
teleport	B-General_Concept
booths	O
scattered	O
around	O
the	O
play	O
area	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
destination	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BLOB	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
carry	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
items	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
FIFO	B-Operating_System
arrangement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
placement	O
of	O
the	O
objects	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
identities	O
of	O
those	O
needed	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
core	O
are	O
randomized	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
map/screens	O
including	O
locations	O
of	O
teleport	B-General_Concept
booths	O
remain	O
fixed	O
as	O
do	O
their	O
destination	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
ranked	O
27th	O
in	O
the	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
Official	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
and	O
10th	O
in	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
's	O
"	O
Top	O
25:Spectrum	O
Games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
