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Starblade

aka: Starblade Alpha, Starblade α
Moby ID: 11206
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Released
September 1991 on Arcade
Credits
31 people
Releases by Date (by platform)
Publishers
Developers
Moby Score
7.1
#11,354 of 23.8K
Critics
68% (24)
Players
(21)
Ranking
Collected By
25 players
Genre
Action
Perspective
1st-person
Gameplay
Rail shooter
Vehicular
Space flight
Setting
Sci-fi / futuristic
Arcade Specs
Input Devices Supported
4 buttons
Number of Offline Players
1 Player
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Description

Sitting in the gunner position of a "GeoSword" fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you'll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is safe and your wingmen will help you along the way. And during those missions, you'll be expected to shoot out the sides of huge enemy battlecruisers, travel inside of enemy carriers, and travel through the canyons of Redeye to deliver your payload.

The PlayStation and the 3DO versions offer the choice between an arcade mode and an enhanced mode. In the enhanced modes that flat polygons are remade in fully textured polygons and the black bars on the sides have been removed to turn the image into a fullscreen view.

Spellings

  • スターブレード - Japanese spelling
  • スターブレードα - Japanese PlayStation spelling

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Credits (Arcade version)

31 People (19 developers, 12 thanks) · View all

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Assistant Director
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Music and Sound Effects
Visual Director
Visual Design
Industrial Design
Mechanical Design
Electrical Design
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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 68% (based on 24 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 21 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Virtual Console version

The game's Wii Virtual Console version is notable for being one of the few games on the service to be played using the Wii Remote's pointer, alongside Namco's own Solvalou.

Awards

  • GameFan
    • 1994 (Vol 3, Iss.1) – Best Sega CD Action/Arcade Game of the Year

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Shoddyan.

Wii added by Lance Boyle. PSP, PlayStation 3, PS Vita added by Charly2.0. Arcade added by chirinea. PlayStation added by Sciere. 3DO added by Terok Nor.

Additional contributors: Jeanne, Sciere, Big John WV, Lance Boyle, Rik Hideto, falccn.

Game added December 6th, 2003. Last modified January 9th, 2024.