Dreadstar

October 23, 2020

DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge Now Live On Steam

Peter Paltridge Dreadstar, pc, shooter games, steam, video games 0

Developer Augmented Irreality presents DreadStar: a fast-paced top-down 2D space shooter that aims to not only remind players of the genre’s 16-bit glory days, but improve upon it. The dev team promises to avoid the “bullet hell” scenarios that so many other titles in this genre wallow in. The game contains RPG elements that will allow players to incrementally level up their ship and improve its strength, speed, firepower, etc. You’ll have a truckload of items at your disposal to customize your ship exactly the way you prefer. Augmented Irreality promises a return to retro space shooters with this one, and they’re not kidding…they went far enough to include a CRT filter option that displays in 4:3. After that all you need is one of those throwback controllers from 8BitDo and you’re good to go! Fast shoot ’em up gameplay with epic boss encounters. 4 different ships and 10 different weapons to annihilate your opponents. Tons of customization options from armors and engines, to shields and special items. Gain experience,

February 18, 2015

Jim Starlin’s Epic Space Opera Dreadstar Being Adapted For TV

Shawn Hopkins comic books, Dreadstar, Jim Starlin, Live-Action 0

If you were looking for high concept space opera in comics in the 1980s, the name you were looking for was Jim Starlin. And the title was Dreadstar. At turns swashbuckling, mystical and introspective, Starlin’s tale of Vanth Dreadstar and his motley crew’s attempts to end the war between the Church of the Instrumentality and the Monarchy began at Marvel’s Epic Comics line. You might be aware that Starlin co-created most of your favorite cosmic comic book stories from Marvel, including Thanos, Drax the Destroyer and Gamora and the Infinity Gauntlet Saga. But Dreadstar was different. Despite being published by Marvel, Dreadstar was one of the first high profile creator-owned comics, and Starlin retained control of the property and it at First Comics and Malibu when the Epic run ended. So far, the adventure has been confined to the printed page, despite years of Starlin’s attempts to make a film based on the characters. Starlin is now taking a new approach, adapting the story for television. According to The Hollywood