Star Pilot is a vertical scrolling shoot ’em up based on a race in space.

Players have a choice of a one or two player game where in a one player game it is a race against the clock.

The player controls a starship and flies along a track in space, along the way alien enemies are encountered that have to be dispatched of with your laser cannon.

There are different 48 and 128K versions, in the 128K version the winner of each stage will receive money to buy better equipment for his ship, such as better weaponry and shields.