Star General
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Developers | |
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Catware | |
Publishers | |
North America | Strategic Simulations Inc. |
Europe | Mindscape |
Release dates | |
DOS | December 1996 |
Windows | December 1996 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Wargame, TBS, Strategy |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Panzer General |
Panzer General | |
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Panzer General | 1994 |
Allied General | 1995 |
Star General | 1996 |
Fantasy General (series) | |
Pacific General | 1997 |
Panzer General II | 1997 |
People's General | 1998 |
Panzer General 3D Assault | 1999 |
Panzer General III: Scorched Earth | 2000 |
Star General is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view wargame, TBS and strategy game in the Panzer General series.
- Die PanzerLiga, a multiplayer community for Five-Star General, Panzer Corps and Strategic Command series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows |
Video
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 7 | Versus, Hot seat |
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LAN play | 7 | Versus |
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Online play | 7 | Versus Windows version only; the official multiplayer service was shut down |
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Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | SVGA |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 6.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i486/66 DX | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA 1 MB of VRAM |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA 1 MB of VRAM |
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Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |