Starblade
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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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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Starblade: The Home Ports
at Game Developer Research Institute
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Game added by Shoddyan.
Wii added by Lance Boyle. PSP, PS Vita, PlayStation 3 added by Charly2.0. Arcade added by chirinea. PlayStation added by Sciere. 3DO added by Terok Nor.
Additional contributors: Sciere, Big John WV, Lance Boyle, Rik Hideto, falccn.
Game added December 6, 2003. Last modified July 28, 2024.