Demonstar

Demonstar

Released1997
Demonstar is an 1997 Indie vertical scrolling shooter shareware computer game was designed and developed by Mountain King Studios, Inc. and published by ionos, inc. in 1997. It is was the first original DemonStar series of top down vertical scrolling shooter computer game. The version was also 3D parallax air and ground was published ionos, inc. The game shares many similarities with the Raiden series. DemonStar features various power-ups, including smart bombs and other power-ups which modify the types of projectiles that the player's ship fires. The full version of the game features 18 levels. At the end of each level is a boss ship that the player must destroy. DemonStar was very successful in the shareware computer game, despite Mountain King Studios initially addition to the original game, two additional titles have been released: DemonStar Secret Mission 1 and DemonStar Secret Mission 2.
81Wit Score

Details

DeveloperMountain King Studios, Inc.
PublisherIonos, Inc
ReleasedDecember 31, 1997
StatusReleased
GenresShooter
ThemesScience fiction
PlatformsPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)
ModesMultiplayerSingle playerCo-operative

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Community Score
Highly Recommended81/100

About This Game

The Xidus Armada has launched a surprise assault on the Terran Fleet, destroying everything in the hangar except a handful of prototype RaptorX starfighters out on test runs. You are one of those test pilots. Alone and outgunned, you must fight through the entire Xidus Fleet, locate and destroy their ultimate weapon — the DemonStar — and give the rest of the Terran Fleet a chance to survive.