About Stargunner
Stargunner is a 1996 horizontally scrolling shooter led by David Pevreal and released by Apogee Software. You fly through levels of enemies, bosses and power-ups in the tradition of Amiga shooters, at 60 frames per second.
Apogee released it as freeware in 2005 and keeps its rights. This page runs the original DOS files unmodified using js-dos, which runs DOSBox in your browser, under this site's removal policy: the game is taken down if the rightsholder asks.
Controls
- Arrows: move
- Ctrl: fire
- Space: special weapon / nuke
- F2 / F3: save / load in the supply store
- Enter: choose
- Esc: menu
Keyboard and mouse work best. On-screen buttons appear for the keys the game needs on a touch screen.
Questions
Is Stargunner really free?
It is free to play here, with no account and no payment.
Do I need to download or install Stargunner?
No. It runs in your browser from one click on the Play button. There is nothing to download, and no files to find or pick.
What are the Stargunner controls?
Use the arrow keys to move, Ctrl to fire and Space for your special weapon. Enter chooses in the menus and Esc opens the menu.
Does Stargunner save my progress?
Use the Save button above the game to keep the game's own save files in this browser on this device.
Credits and licence
Original game: Stargunner, 1996, by David Pevreal and team (Apogee Software). Published by Apogee Software.
Edition hosted: Full game, Apogee's June 2005 freeware release.
Licence: Apogee freeware release notes, June 2005. Released as freeware to play as released; Apogee retains full legal rights and the notice grants no redistribution. Hosted here under Retro Hideout's availability-and-owner-removal policy, unmodified and free, and removed on the rightsholder's request.
The game files are unmodified copies of the original release, hosted under this site's removal policy: the rightsholder keeps all rights and can ask for the game to be removed. Run by js-dos (DOSBox in WebAssembly).
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