Star Voyager (1986). Play online

Summary

Star Voyager (released in the U.S. as a rebranded Cosmo Genesis) pulls you straight into a ship’s cockpit, echoing Atari’s Star Raiders while adding the tight NES feel. Gameplay takes place on a 10 × 10 sector grid that randomizes each session, with your ship and the CosmoStation Noah always anchoring the top‑left corner. To jump between sectors you hold the B button, charging the thrust gauge until the desired number of leaps is reached.

Enemy fleets, the Molok Wardriver armada, spawn in the bottom‑right and expand as you explore. Warping to their coordinates triggers relentless waves of ships that keep spawning until you finally obliterate their mothership. Raising shields in the menu reduces damage as you fight.

Your vessel runs on fuel crystals that slowly drain—fast when you warp or take hits—so visits to space stations are critical. Stations repair radar, engines, and weapons; only the CosmoStation Noah can revive a busted life‑support system, giving you a chance to keep battling across the galaxy.

Storyline

In Star Voyager, you play as a lone pilot tasked with shielding the transport ship CosmoStation Noah, a refuge for planetary evacuees, from the relentless Molok Wardrivers. Your mission is to wipe out every enemy fleet before they can encircle the stationary Noah. Along the way you can hop to up to eight different planets to snag engine and weapon upgrades, and dock at up to five space stations for repairs, plus explore an asteroid field and a treacherous black hole that can be escaped but is risky. Victory comes when the armada is destroyed and you safely return to base. You lose if the Wardrivers breach Noah’s perimeter, you fall into the black hole, run out of fuel crystals, or life support fails.