Star Raiders II (ZX Spectrum) Walkthrough

A longplay/walkthrough/speedrun of another childhood favourite, Star Raiders II. This is another game I still play on an emulator every now and then, bringing a nice variation of gameplay, vast space and spaceship battles across 2 solar systems.

Some info about this walkthrough: I did maybe 5-6 "rewinds" using ZXSpecWin so the video is edited to appear as one take. A few sections are done with time in mind while others take way too long (like one space battle towards the end). From a speedrun point of view, this game can be done in around 10 minutes I believe but that would require lots of takes and time. This video is a bit rushed, I will add captions later describing what is going on.

The soundtrack deserves a note as well: it's 7 years newer than the game, from the Amiga "Desert Dream" demo by Kefrens. Initially I wanted to have a tune for each section but it became too gamey and the cuts were jarring. There are some nice sections when the soundtrack change as you exit warp but it's a quick and dirty job overall. Still, it brings another dimension to this beautiful game I believe.

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[natribber]

hi there, can i ask, did you record this straight from an actual spectrum or are you using an emulator on pc etc? if so, can you tell me where this game is available to download for an emulator, as i've been looking for this game for ages and never been able to find it..... it was one of my favourite spectrum games ever, would dearly love to play it again. thanks!

[tehvalli]

@natribber It's emulated. You simply have to use Google to search for this file as the usual (legit) places do not have it for copyright reasons. Sorry for not replying earlier!

[KujiGhost]

I loved this game way back when it came on a Your Sinclair cover tape. I think the tape also had the Afterburner soundtrack on it which made it doubly awesome!

[sendorange]

I forgot all about this game until I saw your EG post. Great game indeed :)

Didn't realise it was meant to be a tie-in with Last Starfighter the movie.

[scorpioxdi]

And this is still a hundred times better than the recent release on PC and consoles.