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Starshatter: The Gathering Storm represents the next generation of space combat simulation games. The Gathering Storm release is a major upgrade to the original version of Starshatter, with all new artwork, music, cockpit voice-over, and animated cutscenes. The Gathering Storm allows you to experience the world of Starshatter with more punch and excitement than ever before!

Starshatter extends the gameplay concepts of the classic sims by combining fighter and starship combat in a single game. You begin the game as either a fighter pilot or the captain of a small Frigate-class starship. As you progress through the game, you can earn promotions and awards until you are commanding a massive fleet carrier with three wings of fighters and a complete escort of warships. Starshatter promotes airborne fighter combat to a first-class game component, allowing you to take-off and land at planetary bases, engage in aerial dogfights, and use air-to-ground missiles to destroy ground targets.

Starshatter also integrates elements of real-time-strategy games by allowing fleet commanders to direct the battle on a tactical level, launching fighters and directing destroyers to defend the fleet and annihilate enemy forces. You will arm fighters for patrol or strike missions. You will send orders to your escorting destroyers and frigates to engage enemy starships or defend the fleet from attack by enemy fighters. You are the admiral, and you decide how to employ all of your forces in battle. It is all up to you.


Starshatter is designed to run well on a wide range of Windows computer systems:

Minimum SystemRecommended System
Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP
Pentium III 1GHz or Athlon Equivalent
512 MB System RAM
DirectX 9 compatible 32 MB Direct3D card
DirectX 9 compatible sound card
700 MB free disk space
Keyboard and Mouse
Windows XP or Windows Vista
Pentium 4 2.4GHz or Athlon Equivalent
1 GB System RAM
DirectX 9 Direct3D w/ PixelShader 2.0
DirectX 9 compatible sound card
700 MB free disk space
Keyboard and Mouse
Joysticks and gamepads with up to four analog axes and thirty-two buttons are supported as optional equipment, but are not required.

NaturalPoint TrackIR Head Tracker v3.1 supported.