Stargunner
21K plays 1996 #Shooter
Stargunner is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Atari 2600 written by Alex Leavens and published by Telesys in 1983. The player takes the role of a spaceship pilot who must defend their planet from outlaws. The game is frequently compared to Defender, a similar scrolling shooter.
From Wikipedia's article Stargunner (1983 video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
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Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
2.5 Could be better
Players 62 · 11 votes
No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.
Review scorecard
- Graphics 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Players 62 · 11 votes. The same 62/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.
What the reviews talk about
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What the critics said
Video Games Player magazine called Stargunner "better than average" and "addicting", but also said there was "nothing incredibly new and exciting" about the game.
— Video Games, 1983
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Stargunner (1983 video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.
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