Star Ixiom is a remake of the classic 1985 game Star Luster. You play the role of a pilot for The United Galaxy Space Force, fighting alien invaders with the help of the strategic mobile battle unit "Team Gaia". Five alien races have launched a collective attack to curb mankind's expansion. You and "Team Gaia" rush to defend the colonies...
Star Luster ( is a first-person shooter and space combat simulator video game developed and published by Namco in 1985 only in Japan. It is an arcade-style combat-dedicated, sci-fi flight simulator that was first released for the Nintendo Famicom.] That same year, Nintendo adapted the title for play in the arcade as part of their Vs. Arcade system.
Star Ixiom takes elements of other previous Namco space epics, Starblade and Galaxian 3, but places them in a free-form universe, strategically mapped.Gameplay mixes the first person space combat, strategic planning and some aspects of the role playing genre. mode .
There are 3 game modes:
TRAINING:
This mode is for flying your own ship and learning the basic ways to play the game.
COMMAND:
In this mode you go out on separate missions where you systematically fight through one alien race at a time
CONQUEST:
In Conquest mode you are given a large randomly created map of a solar system that shows the location of your enemies and friendly objects such as planets and laboratories that you must defend.
Manufacturer's description:
STAR IXIOM. IT IS A TIME OF DISCOVERY, STARS, PLANETS AND MOONS PROVIDE MANKIND WITH A NEW MEANS OF SURVIVAL. HERE GENERATIONS ARE BORN, LIVES FLOURISH...
... AND THE LARGEST-SCALE WAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE GALAXY HAS NOW BEGUN.
PlayStation-exclusive update of NAMCO's classic 'Star Luster'
TRAINING, COMMAND and full mission CONQUEST game modes
Strategic planning and all-out dogfight combat combine for an intense battle beyond the stars.
Features:
- Third or First person perspectives.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- SCI-FI & Futuristic themes.
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