Starlord

Development

The game originated as a play-by-mail game ran by Mike Singleton from 1981 to 1986. Development of the computer game version originally began in 1987, originally for Firebird, and the game was first advertised as early as 1989.

Release delay

The game was originally scheduled for release in autumn of 1993 and review copies were sent out to magazines accordingly, with many of them reviewing the game in their late 1993 issues. However, as reported in German PC Player's review, the release was cancelled at the last minute and development continued for several months, until the game was finally released in spring of 1994.