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Star Guard

Star Guard is a 2D platformer brought back to the basic elements of the genre: jumping and shooting, with a distinct retro look. Enemies are red, allies are green and the levels consist of yellow lines against…

6 October 2009

Star Guard is a platform developed by Loren Schmidt, released 6 October 2009 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Star Guard is

Star Guard is a platform game developed by Loren Schmidt and released in 2009. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Star Guard is a 2D platformer brought back to the basic elements of the genre: jumping and shooting, with a distinct retro look. Enemies are red, allies are green and the levels consist of yellow lines against a black background. The player controls a spaceman on a mission to defeat an evil wizard, armed only with a single gun that fires in the direction the character is facing.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Star Guard launched on 6 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and League of Legends.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, League of Legends.

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When did Star Guard come out?
Star Guard was released on 6 October 2009 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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