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Stargunner

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Stargunner
Stargunner cover
Developers
Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS November 19, 1996[1]
Windows September 13, 2013[2]
macOS (OS X) September 13, 2013[2]
Linux July 24, 2014[3]
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Stargunner on Wikipedia

Key points

Re-released as freeware on June 22, 2005.[4]

General information

3D Realms Site: Stargunner
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
 Use DOSBox.
DOS
Official website
DRM-free
 Freeware release. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Freeware release. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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 Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[6]
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Patches

The v1.1 Patch fixes some issues but introduces a game-breaking issue with the Aquatic Combat Stage 6 boss.[7]

Skip intro videos

Disable in Game Options[8]
  1. Go to Configuration.
  2. Go to Game Options.
  3. Set Cinematics to In-Game Only.

Notes

The Apogee logo will still be shown.

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox, change cycles=auto to cycles=30000. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\STARGUN.CFG
Windows <path-to-game>\STARGUN.CFG[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358390/pfx/[Note 2]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\STARGUN.SAV
Windows <path-to-game>\STARGUN.SAV[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358390/pfx/[Note 2]
High scores are stored in <path-to-game>\STARGUN.HI

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
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Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Can't use menu items

This is usually caused by saving your settings after choosing the Sega control option.
Delete STARGUN.CFG[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Delete STARGUN.CFG
  3. Start the game again.

Cursor moves on its own

This is caused by choosing the joystick control option and then restarting the game without it. Either reattach a controller or delete STARGUN.CFG.

Cutscenes run too slow

Ensure you are using cycles=30000 (see Run in DOSBox) and Refresh Rate is set to Fast in-game.

Game speed problems (runs too fast, randomly slows down or speeds up)

Ensure you are using cycles=30000 (see Run in DOSBox).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 5.0
Processor (CPU) 486/66 MHz Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 44 MB
Video card (GPU) Local Bus Video display card PCI with fast DOS access
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 80 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/358390/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358390) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References