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Starcade
Were bought by Argus Press in 1984.
Starcade are also known as Ringback ltd. trading
Known Releases:
Savage Pond - 1984 - Starcade
Up Up And Away - 1984 - Starcade
This game involved flying an hot air balloon across a slow scrolling landscape, dropping sandbags on enemies. The game was in fact released on the Atari 400 around the time with the same name, and was ported over to the C64 in two months.
Although this game was never properly released back in the day, it was released on a Grandslam/Argus Press compilation back in the early 90s.
Starcade, also released Savage Pond. they were at that time linked with Argus Press, but not owned by them. Therefore ‘Up Up and Away’ has always been owned by Starcade. When Argus Press was bought around 1986, it was renamed Grandslam by the new owners.
Originally, the game did apparently surface under the ‘Pulsar’ label, but was stopped quickly, as the company name clashed with another label. Eventually the game did surface under the ‘Starcade’ label until late ’85, when the company fell under due to problems with piracy and small sales.
So there we have it, the game did infact surface at some point… but not by its original company. So basically this game is not technically a unreleased game, but no-one has yet claimed to have owned the original Starcade release.
In 2013, Richard Bayliss very kindly made a back-up of his copy of the game from the Argus Press 1986 compilation in TAP format, which we have now added to this entry in the downloads section.
A neat little game, and a piece of Rob Hubbard to boot!…
Starcade have converted UP, UP and AWAY and SAVAGE POND to the Commodore 64 and have reduced the price for the Atari versions to only £8.95 to fall in line. They are available direct from Starcade and must now be two of the best value programs available for Atari anywhere.
Starcade are also known as Ringback ltd. trading
Known Releases:
Savage Pond - 1984 - Starcade
Up Up And Away - 1984 - Starcade
This game involved flying an hot air balloon across a slow scrolling landscape, dropping sandbags on enemies. The game was in fact released on the Atari 400 around the time with the same name, and was ported over to the C64 in two months.
Although this game was never properly released back in the day, it was released on a Grandslam/Argus Press compilation back in the early 90s.
Starcade, also released Savage Pond. they were at that time linked with Argus Press, but not owned by them. Therefore ‘Up Up and Away’ has always been owned by Starcade. When Argus Press was bought around 1986, it was renamed Grandslam by the new owners.
Originally, the game did apparently surface under the ‘Pulsar’ label, but was stopped quickly, as the company name clashed with another label. Eventually the game did surface under the ‘Starcade’ label until late ’85, when the company fell under due to problems with piracy and small sales.
So there we have it, the game did infact surface at some point… but not by its original company. So basically this game is not technically a unreleased game, but no-one has yet claimed to have owned the original Starcade release.
In 2013, Richard Bayliss very kindly made a back-up of his copy of the game from the Argus Press 1986 compilation in TAP format, which we have now added to this entry in the downloads section.
A neat little game, and a piece of Rob Hubbard to boot!…
Starcade have converted UP, UP and AWAY and SAVAGE POND to the Commodore 64 and have reduced the price for the Atari versions to only £8.95 to fall in line. They are available direct from Starcade and must now be two of the best value programs available for Atari anywhere.