About the game
A horizontal shoot-em-up with a shop between missions: shoot things, collect money, buy a better gun, repeat. Detailed sprite work and a lot of bullets on screen.
Apogee released it free years later.
Controls
- Arrows — fly
- Ctrl — fire
- Space — special
- Esc — menu
The version in short
- Year: 1996
- Genre: Side-scrolling shooter
- Size: 5.1 MB, loaded once
- Controls: keyboard, or on-screen buttons on a phone
How this runs
The game runs through a DOS emulator inside your browser: the emulator, the files and your saves all stay on your device and nothing reaches our server. The emulator, the licensing and what to do about a black screen are explained on the retro games section page.
FAQ
Is this the actual 1996 release?
Yes, these are the original Stargunner files, not a remake or a port. The emulator runs them the way they ran on a machine of that time.
How big is it and what loads?
The game archive is 5.1 MB plus about two megabytes of emulator. It loads once — after that the browser keeps the files cached and the next launch is instant.
Can I play on a phone?
Yes. On-screen buttons appear under the screen: a d-pad and actions (Ctrl, Alt, Space, Esc). Presses go straight into the emulator, exactly like a real keyboard.
Are my saves kept?
They are, but only in this browser on this device — they are written inside the emulator. A different browser or a cleared cache means starting over.
