History VideoGame / Stargunner

* BeamSpam: The Dual Laser, which combines the heavy damage of a cannon that shoots big [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] forwards ''and'' backwards with the firing rate of an automatic weapon.

* BeamSpam: The Dual Laser, which combines the heavy damage of a cannon that shoots big FrickinLaserBeams forwards ''and'' backwards with the firing rate of an automatic weapon.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: In addition to the Zilions, you also have to negotiate the surrounding structures, volcanoes and the creatures that live in the seas of Zile. The only exceptions to this are the defecting Zilians in Stellar Attack.

** BullfightBoss: Stage 2 of Scout Mission, Stages 6 and 7 of Stellar Attack and Stages 3 and 9 of Aquatic Combat.
** CognizantLimbs: Many bosses have some kind of appendage which they can use to burn through your extra lives by either giving them more places to fire shots from or using them as an extension of themselves while trying to ram you.
** DamageSpongeBoss: If a boss doesn't attempt to rush you, it automatically falls into this category.
** DualBoss / KingMook: The two huge red manta-rays in one of the middle levels of Aquatic Combat, as well as the absurdly long serpent-like creatures in the last two stages of the same episode.
** FinalBoss: The stage guardian every two levels in Scout Mission and every three levels in the rest.
** FlunkyBoss: The most common examples of this are [[MookPromotion promoted mooks]] who have smaller mooks attached to them.
** MookPromotion: The two {{BFG}}-wielding spacecraft in Stellar Attack are one example.
** SequentialBoss / ThatOneBoss: The entire second half of Stage 9 of Stellar Attack has you attacking three pairs of {{BFG}}s, marked as bosses, while at the same time avoiding spikes and mooks that [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram you]] when you pass them before going up against the FinalBoss for that episode.
** WolfpackBoss: The five bronze gears in Terran Assault.

* OneBulletAtATime: The Plasma Bomb and Magnum 3000DX, among other weapons. These become potential {{Game Breaker}}s when used at close range due to their high damage rates per shot.

* OpeningScroll: Before the start of each episode. Can be skipped if you don't feel like reading it (or if you have (by 1996 standards) a horribly slow graphics card which causes it to take ten minutes to do the scroll).

''Stargunner'' is freeware as of June 22, 2005 and can be run on modern operating systems via {{DOSBox}}. Get it from 3D Realms' [[http://www.3drealms.com/stargunner/ game page]] or [[http://www.gog.com/game/stargunner GOG.com]].

* OutrunTheFireball: [[spoiler:You escape from the exploding Zilion space station at the end of Stellar Attack, as well as an EarthShatteringKaboom after defeating the final stage guardian of Aquatic Combat.]]

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:If you defeat the final stage guardian of Aquatic Combat, you trigger and escape the destruction of planet Zile, shown in a following cutscene.]]

-->''If they see this one fire, they are already dead.''

* OrbitingParticleShield: Moons purchased by the player are designed on this trope, with the sole purpose of circling around the player ship, nullifying projectiles and dealing massive damage to any enemy that enters their orbit.

* RammingAlwaysWorks: A considerable number of enemies and bosses in the game love to rush the player. The usual outcome is that [[OneHitPointWonder the player's ship gets killed instantly, regardless of shield power]]. Moons purchased by the player are designed on this trope, with the sole purpose of circling around the player ship, nullifying projectiles and dealing massive damage to any enemy that enters their orbit.

* BeamSpam: The Dual Laser.

--> -- Description of the Dual Laser

** CognizantLimbs: Nearly all of them.

* MoneySpider: Almost every target you destroy drops a green gem for you to collect at a small amount of income to add to your total credit balance. These credits are used to purchase powerups at the shop just before the start of a mission.

* MoneySpider: Almost every target you destroy drops a few amount of green gems for you to collect at a small amount of income to add to your total credit balance. These credits are used to purchase powerups at the shop just before the start of a mission.

* MoneySpider: Every target you destroy drops a few amount of green gems for you to collect at a small amount of income to add to your total credit balance. These credits are used to purchase powerups at the shop just before the start of a mission.

* MoneyMultiplier: The Credit Drone. This weapon sidearm shoots out a harmless missile that flies around the screen towards the nearest credit diamond, collecting it upon pickup and immediately adding credits to your ship.

* UsefulNote/{{MOD}}: Used for the game's music.

* {{MOD}}: Used for the game's music.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover looks nothing like the game. In fact, it looks like it was made for a completely different game.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The game looks nothing like the cover. In fact, it looks like it is made for a completely different game.

''Stargunner'' is freeware as of June 22, 2005 and can be run on modern operating systems via {{DOSBox}}. Get it from 3D Realms' [[http://www.3drealms.com/stargunner/ game page]].

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The actual game itself can be run smoothly on a computer with a 486DX/33 processor, which is quite a feat given that said processor was manufactured seven years before the game's release and most other MS-DOS games released at around the same time as ''Stargunner'' required a 486DX/66 (which has [[TheSameButMore double the processing speed]]) to run just as well.

-->''If they see this one fire, [[YouAreAlreadyDead they are already dead]].''

* RevenueEnhancingDevices: A fictional example in the form of the Credit Drone. This weapon sidearm shoots out a harmless missile that flies around the screen towards the nearest credit diamond, collecting it upon pickup and immediately adding credits to your ship.