Starshine Legacy Episode 4: The Riddle of Dark Core

31.12.2005

Genre: Simulator Adventure

Alex is having trouble with the teachers at school when her bullied brother James call her for help. The bully Katja agrees with leaving James alone if Alex can beat her in the old Scarecrow Race upon Scarecrow Hill. Alex agrees to race with her horse Tin-Can, but she is soon forced to learn more about her and her friends newfound powers when James mysteriously disappears the very next day.

The main character in the fourth episode is Alex, who is a bit of a tom-boy and owns the horse Tin-Can. In the beginning of the game, Alex has a disagreement with Mrs. Graham, the principal of the school, because she accidentally made her car explode. She receives detention, but needs to get to her brother, James, who is being bullied by Buck and calls for help. She succeeds with the help of Linda. Buck's sister, Katja, agrees with leaving James alone if Alex can beat her in the old Scarecrow Race upon Scarecrow Hill. Katja wins, which bewilders Alex,because she didn't see anything of her opponent during the race. The next day, James is gone and Linda get a vision where he's kidnapped by Katja, who will only let him go if she can have Tin-Can. She rides to Fripp and learns to use her Soul Rider power. Afterwards, Alex helps Linda to find her missing school books, which contain pictures of Garnok and the Soul Riders. Lisa calls and says that her father works on something called "The Garnok Project" in the middle of nowhere. The girls get worried and Alex visits the location on her way to Devil's Gap. She uses her power to get inside the building, where she meets Mr. Sands, defeats him and steals a book. The book contains The Ancient Codes of Pandoria and using them, Alex beats Katja in a race and wins back her brother. However, James has weird memories and when Linda helps him they see the horrid truth. Is it already too late to save their beloved Jorvik?