Developed by Hidden Treasures and published by Logotron in 1988, StarRay is a decent 16-bit side-scrolling shooter for the Amiga.

It plays a bit like Defender, where you are blasting alien invaders and stopping them from stealing your planetary energy. You move left or right, looking for enemy on your scanner, blasting them with your forward-mounted laser as soon as they are in range.

Back in 1988 StarRay caused a bit of a stir with its colourful, smooth-scrolling graphics and arcade quality gameplay. Today, the graphics don’t have quite the same impact, but the gameplay is still just as good. StarRay is definitely better than your average Amiga shooter.

More: StarRay on Wikipedia