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Starship Patrol (Starship Defense) is a shooting game where you defend your ship from waves of enemy attackers. You have a combination of static guns and defence ships to form an efficient strategy. It's well executed, but most unusual for its hand drawn, graph-paper, visuals and simple touch screen interface on the DS and 3DS.
Unfortunately, Starship Patrol is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 18/12/2009, updated in 2011
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS and DS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Shooting, Strategy (Collecting, Puzzle and Sequencing)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Hand-Made
Developer: Pixel Junk News (@PixelJunkNews)
Costs: Purchase cost
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