Just like in the case of The Exterminators aka Bug Blusters, Sony through Sony Imagesoft ordered the development of Star Strike for Sega CD, but by the time Stargate Films studio finished the game, Sony had already abandoned the Sega CD as a platform and refused to pay them for their work or release the game. Good Deal Games' owner Michael Thomasson got a review copy of the game, loved it and decided to publish it himself.