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StarHawk
Play this classic Action game on your R36S handheld with ArkOS emulation, save states, and customisable controls.
📝About This Game
A classic Action game from the Vectrex era, StarHawk offers the kind of gameplay that defined a generation of retro gaming. Full-speed on all R36 models. Emulators can draw the original screen overlays, which several games effectively require to be readable.
✨R36S Features for StarHawk
🎮How to Play on R36S
- 1From the ArkOS main menu, navigate to the Vectrex system
- 2Scroll to find "StarHawk" in the game list
- 3Press A (or your configured button) to launch the game
- 4Use the SELECT + X shortcut to open the in-game RetroArch menu
- 5Access save states and display settings from the RetroArch quick menu
🕹️About Vectrex
The 1982 Vectrex is the only home console with its own built-in vector monitor, drawing crisp glowing lines instead of pixels. Games shipped with plastic screen overlays to add colour, and the whole library fits in a handful of megabytes.
R36S Compatibility (Perfect): Full-speed on all R36 models. Emulators can draw the original screen overlays, which several games effectively require to be readable.
Game Details
- Platform
- 🎮Vectrex
- Genre
- 🎮Action
- Released
- 1982
- Developer
- Cinematronics
- Publisher
- GCE
- R36S
- Perfect
Why Play StarHawk on R36S?
StarHawk is part of the Vectrex library available on the R36S handheld series. The R36S runs Vectrex games through ArkOS, bringing classic Action gameplay to a portable form factor with a handful of quality-of-life additions.
ArkOS Features for StarHawk
- Save States: Save your progress anywhere — no need to reach an in-game save point
- Display Scaling: Scale the original resolution to fill the R36S screen comfortably
- Button Remapping: Reassign controls to suit your preferred layout
- Fast Forward: Skip through loading screens or grind-heavy sections
- Rewind: Roll back a few seconds after a mistake (core dependent)
Vectrex on R36S — Compatibility
Full-speed on all R36 models. Emulators can draw the original screen overlays, which several games effectively require to be readable.
Game Info: StarHawk is a Action game originally released for the Vectrex. It is listed in the R36S game library and can be played via ArkOS with save states, display filters, and customisable controls. Individual game performance may vary.