Star Warrior

Star Warrior is a 1980 science fiction role-playing video game written and published by Automated Simulations (later renamed to Epyx) for the Apple II, TRS-80, and Atari 8-bit computers.

The game is branded as part of the Starquest series, consisting of Star Warrior and the otherwise unrelated Rescue at Rigel.

Players take on the role of one of two members of the Furies, a mercenary group that only accepts assignments that meet their Samurai-like code.

Sighting and range considerations were added to the engine, allowing the player to only see objects within the line-of-sight, and at distances based on target size.

Players can also design their own suits at the start of the game, selecting among various equipment within a total budget of 2,500 credits.

Equipment damaged in combat can be automatically repaired, although this depletes both energy and time, and most suits include a medical system that does the same for the player character.

Atari 8-bit version screenshot