I was never the greatest fan of Elite (read: I never liked it in the slightest) but I did enjoy the more arcade end of the 3d spaceships spectrum, whether it was Star Wars or Darkstar, Starion or 3d Starstrike, all that sort of thing was very much my bag.
Starion is a bit of an odd one because it sits somewhere in the middle. It’s neither all out arcade nor quite close enough to pass itself off as a space simulator, which made it all the more interesting to me because it’s, frankly, a bit weird like that. It also has ginormous floating space letters and everyone knows floating space letters are great. I think? Look, just don’t quote me on that.
After doodling Elite last week, I figured I owed it to myself to draw a space game I actually liked and as Starion was the first one I mentioned in jest, that was what I settled upon.