StarBlade is a space combat shooter developed for the 3DO and PlayStation, where players assume the role of a gunner in a GeoSword fighter. The game features approximately ten missions against an enemy armada, culminating in an assault on the base planet Redeye. Players engage in dynamic environments, including battles against massive cruisers and canyon navigation. Enhanced modes improve graphics by replacing flat polygons with fully textured ones and eliminating side black bars for a full-screen experience.
Sitting in the gunner position of a `GeoSword` fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you'll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is safe and your wingmen will help you along the way. And during those missions, you'll be expected to shoot out the sides of huge enemy battlecruisers, travel inside of enemy carriers and travel through the canyons of Redeye to deliver your payload.
The PlayStation and the 3DO versions offer the choice between an arcade mode and an enhanced mode. In the enhanced modes that flat polygons are remade in fully textured polygons and the black bars on the sides have been removed to turn the image into a fullscreen view.