Written by Dennis Caswell and released in 1982, Phaser Patrol was the pack-in title for the Starpath Supercharger and the first numbered release under the original Arcadia brand. A spiritual cousin to Star Raiders, the game tasks players with defending the Human Federation from the Dracon armada. Beginning with a sector map, the player selects destinations, warps across space, and engages in first-person combat against enemy fighters. Resource management plays a critical role: energy is depleted by warping or taking damage, and can only be replenished at friendly starbases. The game’s visuals showcased the Supercharger’s expanded graphics capabilities and were widely praised at the time.

Like the entirety of the Starpath Supercharger collection, we’d like to re-release this in some sort of updated and complete deliverable.  Maybe it’s the entire collection as mobile games for iOS or Android, or an Evercade cartridge, or something completely different.. Here’s a nice playthrough with a little more background on the Supercharger as well.