Star Soldier (video game)

Star Soldier (スターソルジャー, Sutā Sorujā) is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the MSX.[2] The player pilots the starship "Caesar", travelling through space stations occupied by powerful supercomputers known as "Starbrains" who threaten the galactic empire. Star Soldier greatly resembles the earlier arcade game Star Force.[3]

Star Soldier
North American NES cover art
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Takeaki Kunimoto
SeriesStar Soldier
Platform(s)Family Computer/NES, MSX, Game Boy Advance, Mobile Phones, iOS
ReleaseFamicom/NES
  • JP: June 13, 1986
  • NA: 1988
[1]MSX
Mobile Phones
  • JP: January 26, 2001
  • JP: March 2, 2004 (as Star Soldier Special)+
  • JP: December 14, 2005 (as Star Soldier SP Arcade)
  • JP: October 6, 2008 (as Star Soldier Fukkoku-Ban (スターソルジャー 復刻版, Sutāsorujā fukkoku-ban)
Palm OS
  • JP: November 22, 2001
Game Boy Advance
  • JP: February 14, 2004
iOS
  • NA: January 4, 2012
  • JP: June 20, 2013 (as Star Soldier for GREE)
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

Mobile versions were released on January 26, 2001, in Japan as Star Soldier Special+ in 2004, Star Soldier SP Arcade in 2005 and Star Soldier Fukkoku-Ban (スターソルジャー 復刻版, Sutāsorujā fukkoku-ban) in 2008,[4] they're also released for Palm OS on November 2001 in Japan and iOS on January 4, 2012 in United States.

Star Soldier has spawned numerous sequels, starting with Super Star Soldier on the PC Engine. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2004 in Japan as part of the Famicom Mini series, and to the Wii's Virtual Console in the Japanese and North American regions in July 2007.[5][6] An enhanced remake of the game was released on PlayStation Portable only in Japan in 2005.

An 3DS Virtual Console was re-released by Konami on November 14, 2012 in Japan, August 15, 2013 in PAL Version and September 24, 2013 in North America, and the iOS Version, titled Star Soldier for GREE (スターソルジャー for GREE, Sutāsorujā for GREE) on June 20, 2013 in Japan.[7][8][9][10]

References
  1. "Hudson - Shooting game [NES] (Archive)". Hudson. Hudson. Archived from the original on 6 February 1997. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  2. http://www.mobygames.com/game/star-soldier
  3. http://hg101.kontek.net/starsoldier/starsoldier.htm
  4. ｽﾀｰｿﾙｼﾞｬｰ復刻版 an 2008's Mobile version in Docomomarket (in Japanese)
  5. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_ss/
  6. https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/UDxa73mscFpG6BsKscJaLvcjq09nNcFM
  7. iOS「スターソルジャーforGREE」 as released and dissolved by Konami in Game Watch Impress (in Japanese)
  8. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/50010000012211
  9. https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/NES/Star-Soldier-790703.html
  10. https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/JAz1xAIwyO-PdQ-SDCxHu4gqIW-enR_l


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