Laser Squad - Legacy

Legacy

Rebelstar and Laser Squad are among the earliest examples of turn based unit level wargame video games. Many of the Laser Squad mechanics were re-used in the later X-COM series of games, created also by Gollop and Mythos Games but published by MicroProse. Some of the name choices for characters and organizations in the games of Mythos and Codo are a thread connecting all the Laser Squad and Rebelstar games. Examples include the recurring character Corporal Jonlan and the arms manufacturer Marsec (Mars Security), which was also featured in X-COM: Apocalypse.

In 1990, Mythos Games released a fantasy game Lords of Chaos, which had many similarities to Laser Squad but was a follow-up to Gollop's earlier ZX Spectrum game Chaos: The Battle of Wizards. The Laser Squad franchise has been revived by Gollop's Codo Technologies in 2002 with the play-by-email game Laser Squad Nemesis, although this departs from the turn-based action point system and does not have customizable weaponry. There is also a MIDP remake of the original game, designed for mobile phones, although it is not clear if this an officially licensed title.