A teenager breaks the world record for a video game depicting spaceship battles, unaware the game is based on a real interplanetary war and has been created as a test to recruit fighter pilots. When a besieged planet's entire fleet is wiped out, he is forced to take on an entire alien armada single-handed. Sci-fi adventure, starring Lance Guest and Robert Preston.

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.