Starduel

Box front of Starduel

Details

Released
1991
Developer
Tom Lentz
Publisher
Freeware
Genre
Action, Shooter
Players
Up to 2; single player, multiplayer
Type
Freeware \ Shareware
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Included in the pack (TXT)

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Screenshots

Title screen of Starduel
Title screen
Gameplay of Starduel
Gameplay

About this game

Starduel is a two player game in which each player control a spaceship in a time limited battle, flying around a star, shooting at each other.

Each player uses the keyboard keys to turn his ship an any direction, and give it a velocity; a ship will continue at constant speed and direction until changed by the players, and if if flies off the edge of the screen, it will come back on the opposite side. Each time a ship is destroyed, the opponent score a point. If both ships are destroyed in a collision, both players score a point. A damage model allows for partial destruction, so depending on were a ship gets hit, and from how far away, the damage may be survivable.

There is a limited amount of fuel and ammunition, and the duel has a default 20s time limit, after which the game ends and the score is shown, resulting in declaring either left or right player as winner, or the game as a draw.

The playing field is a fixed black screen, wrapping around at the edges, and the star is a indestructible object lacking gravity, and does not affect the flight path of the ships, unless a ship flies into it, in which case the ship is destroyed.

The game parameters can be edited in the start menu, to change game length, fuel amount, maximum speed etc. (Some parameters like game length, are not changeable until the game is registered)

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Theme
Sci-Fi