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{{Short description|1998 video game}}
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{{Infobox CVG| title = Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
{{Infobox video game
| image = [[Image:starsoldier64.jpg|250px|Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth box art.]]
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| title = Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
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| developer = [[Hudson Soft|Hudson]]
| image = starsoldier64.jpg
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| publisher = [[Electro Brain]]
| caption = North American Nintendo 64 cover art
| engine =
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| developer = [[Hudson Soft]]
| released = [[Image:Flag of Japan.svg|22px|Japan]] [[July 10]] [[1998]]<br>[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|22px|North America]] [[December 15]] [[1998]]
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| publisher = '''N64'''
| genre = [[Shooting game|Shooter]]
{{vgrelease|JP|10 July 1998<ref name="WFTss:ve">{{cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/14533/|title=スターソルジャー バニシングアース (ニンテンドウ64) - ファミ通.com|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|publisher=Kadokawa Game Linkage|year=2020|access-date=2020-02-11|language=ja}}</ref>|NA|15 December 1998<ref name="N64Gamesss:ve">{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.com/doc/n64_games.pdf|title=Nintendo 64 Games|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|access-date=2020-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320100325/http://www.nintendo.com/doc/n64_games.pdf|archive-date=2007-03-20|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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| modes = [[Single player]]
'''Arcade'''
| ratings = [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]]: Everyone (E)
{{vgrelease|JP|November 1998<ref name="ATVGL:JaO1971-2005">{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|title=ビスコ (Visco)|work=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement News Agency]]|date=13 October 2006|page=59|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}</ref>}}
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| platforms = [[Nintendo 64]], [[PSP]]
| director = Kazuo Tsubota
| media =
| producer = [[Toshiyuki Takahashi]]<br />Yuji Kudo
| requirements =
| designer = Mitsuru Nakamura
| input = Standard controller
| programmer = Mayumi Murata
| artist = Hideki Sōma<br />Hideki Yamaguchi
| composer = Ichirō Shimakura
| series = ''[[Star Soldier]]''
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| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Nintendo 64]]
| genre = [[Shoot 'em up#Types|Vertically scrolling shooter]]
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| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| arcade system = [[Aleck 64]]
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{{nihongo foot|'''''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth'''''|スターソルジャー・バニシングアース|''Sutā Sorujā Banishingu Āsu''||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1998 [[shoot 'em up]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Hudson Soft]] ([[Electro Brain]] for the North American release) for the [[Nintendo 64]]. It serves as a direct sequel to ''[[Soldier Blade]]'' and is part of the [[Star Soldier (series)|''Star Soldier'' series]]. An [[arcade game|arcade]] version was also released for [[Seta (company)|Seta]]'s Aleck 64, an arcade hardware system similar to the Nintendo 64.<ref name="RM11">{{cite magazine|last=Borrachero|first=David|url=https://archive.org/stream/RetroManiac-Magazine-11#page/n160/mode/1up|title=Aleck 64: La Cara Maquinera Del Nintendo 64 - ¡A jugar!|magazine=RetroManiac Magazine|issue=11|publisher=RetroManiac|date=October 2016|pages=158–169|lang=es}}</ref>


== Gameplay ==
'''''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth''''' is a futuristic [[shooting game]] for the [[Nintendo 64]], it was released in [[1998]].
[[File:ARC-N64 Star Soldier - Vanishing Earth.png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot]]
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''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth'' is a [[science fiction]]-themed vertically scrolling [[shoot 'em up]] game.<ref name="SS:VEmanual">''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth'' manual (Nintendo 64, US)</ref>


== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = (N64) 52.40%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/n64/562857-star-soldier-vanishing-earth/index.html|title=Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth for Nintendo 64|work=[[GameRankings]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|year=2019|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206164019/https://www.gamerankings.com/n64/562857-star-soldier-vanishing-earth/index.html|archive-date=2019-12-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Allgame = (N64) {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AGN64ss:ve">{{cite web|last=Sackenheim|first=Shawn|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=11940&tab=review|title=Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth [Japanese] (Nintendo 64) - Review|work=[[AllGame]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|date=1998|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116111722/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=11940&tab=review|archive-date=2014-11-16|url-status=live}}</ref>
| CP = (N64) 75%<ref name="C+N64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|author=Panda|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Consoles%20Plus/consoleplus_numero081/Consoles%2B_N81-Page%200134.jpg|title=Test Nintendo 64 - Star Soldier|magazine=[[:fr:Consoles +|Consoles +]]|issue=81|publisher=[[:fr:M.E.R.7|M.E.R.7]]|date=October 1998|page=134|lang=fr}}</ref>
| IGN = (N64) 5.0 / 10<ref name="IGNN64ss:ve">{{cite web|last=Schneider|first=Peer|author-link=Peer Schneider|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/21/star-soldier-vanishing-earth-2|title=Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - IGN64 reviews the Hudson/Electro-Brain retro-shooter that quietly found its way into stores|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=January 21, 1999|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504043244/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/21/star-soldier-vanishing-earth-2|archive-date=May 4, 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| JP = (N64) 1 / 10<ref name="JpadN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|last=Santoni|first=Jean|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joypad/joypad_numero078/JOYPAD%2078%20Page%20%20088.jpg|title=Zoom - Zapping Japon/USA: Star Soldier Vanishing Earth (Nintendo 64)|magazine=[[:fr:Joypad (magazine)|Joypad]]|issue=78|publisher=[[:fr:Yellow Media|Yellow Media]]|date=September 1998|page=88|lang=fr}}</ref>
| N64 = (N64) 62%<ref name="N64MN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|last=Kitts|first=Martin|url=https://www.outofprintarchive.com/articles/reviews/N64/StarSoldier64-N64mag19-1.html|title=Import Arena: The shoot-'em-up revival starts here - Star Soldier|magazine=[[N64 Magazine]]|issue=19|publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]]|date=September 1998|pages=62–63}}</ref>
| NP = (N64) 7.2 / 10<ref name="NPN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|author1=Andy|author2=Todd|author3=Dan|author4=Paul|author5=Scott|title=Now Playing - Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64)|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|issue=115|publisher=[[Nintendo of America]]|date=December 1998|page=128}}</ref>
| VGS = (N64) 50%<ref name="VGN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|last=Sauer|first=Dirk|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=15198|title=Nintendo 64 Import - Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth|magazine=[[:de:Video Games|Video Games]]|issue=82|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=September 1998|page=76|lang=de}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[:de:64 Power|64 Power]]''
| rev1Score = (N64) 65%<ref name="64PN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|last1=Richter|first1=Thomas|last2=Fischer|first2=Frank|title=64 Power Reviews: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - Das erste vertikal scrollende Shoot'em-Up für das N64 ist da! Hat sich das Warten gelohnt?|magazine=[[:de:64 Power|64 Power]]|issue=14|publisher=LiveEmotion Verlag|date=September 1998|pages=58–59|lang=de}}</ref><br>(N64) {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="64PN64ss:ve"/>
| rev3 = ''[[:fr:Consoles News|Consoles News]]''
| rev3Score = (N64) 5 / 10<ref name="CNewsN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|author=Abricot|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Consoles%20News/consolesnews_numero25/Consoles%20News%20N25-Page083.jpg|title=Les Imports (Septembre 98)- Star Soldier (N64 - Version Jap)|magazine=[[:fr:Consoles News|Consoles News]]|issue=25|publisher=[[:fr:FJM|FJM Publications]]|date=September 1998|page=83|lang=fr}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''Digital Press''
| rev4Score = (N64) 4 / 10<ref name="DPN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|last=Santulli|first=Joe|url=https://archive.org/stream/Digital_Press_Issue_39_1999-01_Santulli_Joe_US#page/n19/mode/2up|title=Random Reviews Lite - Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (Hudson, for N64)|magazine=Digital Press - The Bio-Degradable Source For Videogamers|issue=39|publisher=Joe Santulli|date=January 1999|page=20}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[:fr:GamePlay 64|GamePlay 64]]''
| rev5Score = (N64) 78 / 100<ref name="GP64N64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|author=Eric|url=https://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=232&num=5936&album=oui|title=Tests 64: Star Soldier avait tout d'un vrai shoot-them-up. Dommage que la réalisation ne suive pas... - Star Soldier|magazine=[[:fr:GamePlay 64|GamePlay 64]]|issue=8|publisher=[[:fr:FJM|FJM Publications]]|date=September 1998|pages=106–110|lang=fr|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917133931/http://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=232&num=5936&album=oui|archive-date=2017-09-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''Gamers' Republic''
| rev6Score = (N64) C−<ref name="G'RN64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|last=Halverson|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Halverson|url=https://archive.org/stream/Gamers_Republic_Issue_04#page/n82/mode/1up|title=World Republic: Hudson's Put The Earth In Peril! From the ashes of NEC's PC Engine comes the first overhead shooter for the Nintendo 64 - Star Soldier|magazine=Gamers' Republic|issue=4|publisher=Millennium Publishing|date=September 1998|page=81}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Total!]]''
| rev7Score = (N64) 65 / 100<ref name="T64N64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|author=Lips|title=Total 64 Review: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - Wham bam thank you mam, hot blasting action on the N64 made just the way your dad likes it!|magazine=Total 64|issue=19|publisher=Rapide Publishing|date=July 1998|pages=56–57}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''Ultra 64''
| rev8Score = (N64) 81%<ref name="U64N64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|last1=Faure|first2=Vincent|last2=Maulon|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=187&num=9472&album=oui|title=Tests Nintendo 64 - Star Soldier|magazine=Ultra 64|issue=2|publisher=[[:fr:FJM|FJM Publications]]|date=September 1998|pages=120–121|lang=fr|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928213333/http://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=187&num=9472&album=oui|archive-date=2017-09-28|url-status=live}}</ref><br>(N64) 62%<ref name="U64N64ss:ve"/>
| rev9 = ''[[:fr:X64 (magazine)|X64]]''
| rev9Score = (N64) {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="X64N64ss:ve">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=91&num=4592&album=oui|title=Horizons Lointains: Souvenirs du passé - Star Soldier|magazine=[[:fr:X64 (magazine)|X64]]|issue=10|publisher=[[:fr:M.E.R.7|Edicorp Publications]]|date=September 1998|pages=86–87|lang=fr|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111123123/http://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=91&num=4592&album=oui|archive-date=2017-11-11|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
''[[IGN]]'' rated ''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth'' 5.0 out of 10, noting that the gameplay was "okay, but has little variety and little innovation."<ref name="IGNN64ss:ve"/> ''Nintendo Power'' awarded it 7.2 out of 10, stating, "This game is as simple as it gets. If you can see it on the screen, you can shoot it, or it can shoot you. Blast, dodge, collect power-ups. That's it."<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth Review |url=https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20115%20%28December%201998%29/page/n135/mode/2up |magazine=Nintendo Power}}</ref>

W. MacDonald of Hard Drive ranked ''Star Soldier'' #96 in its list of every N64 game, remarking, "It’s okay to not always want to dodge and weave your way through a bullet hell. Once in a while, it’s nice to hold down one button and wave an analog stick around for hours. Crack a cold one, do practically nothing, and still feel like you’re absolutely crushing."<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=W. |date=May 16, 2023 |title=We Played and Ranked EVERY SINGLE N64 Game |url=https://hard-drive.net/hd/video-games/we-played-and-ranked-every-single-n64-game/20/ |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=Hard Drive}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.hudson.co.jp/gamenavi/gamedb/softinfo/ssve/index.html}}
* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/n64/562857-star-soldier-vanishing-earth ''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth''] at [[GameFAQs]]
* [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9769 ''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth''] at [[Killer List of Videogames]]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/n64/star-soldier-vanishing-earth ''Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth''] at [[MobyGames]]

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Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
North American Nintendo 64 cover art
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)N64

Arcade

Director(s)Kazuo Tsubota
Producer(s)Toshiyuki Takahashi
Yuji Kudo
Designer(s)Mitsuru Nakamura
Programmer(s)Mayumi Murata
Artist(s)Hideki Sōma
Hideki Yamaguchi
Composer(s)Ichirō Shimakura
SeriesStar Soldier
Platform(s)Arcade, Nintendo 64
Genre(s)Vertically scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemAleck 64

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth[a] is a 1998 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Hudson Soft (Electro Brain for the North American release) for the Nintendo 64. It serves as a direct sequel to Soldier Blade and is part of the Star Soldier series. An arcade version was also released for Seta's Aleck 64, an arcade hardware system similar to the Nintendo 64.[4]

Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth is a science fiction-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game.[5]

Reception

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IGN rated Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth 5.0 out of 10, noting that the gameplay was "okay, but has little variety and little innovation."[9] Nintendo Power awarded it 7.2 out of 10, stating, "This game is as simple as it gets. If you can see it on the screen, you can shoot it, or it can shoot you. Blast, dodge, collect power-ups. That's it."[22]

W. MacDonald of Hard Drive ranked Star Soldier #96 in its list of every N64 game, remarking, "It’s okay to not always want to dodge and weave your way through a bullet hell. Once in a while, it’s nice to hold down one button and wave an analog stick around for hours. Crack a cold one, do practically nothing, and still feel like you’re absolutely crushing."[23]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: スターソルジャー・バニシングアース, Hepburn: Sutā Sorujā Banishingu Āsu

References

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  1. ^ "Nintendo 64 Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. ^ "スターソルジャー バニシングアース (ニンテンドウ64) - ファミ通.com". Famitsu (in Japanese). Kadokawa Game Linkage. 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  3. ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). ビスコ (Visco) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. p. 59. ISBN 978-4990251215. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Borrachero, David (October 2016). "Aleck 64: La Cara Maquinera Del Nintendo 64 - ¡A jugar!". RetroManiac Magazine (in Spanish). No. 11. RetroManiac. pp. 158–169.
  5. ^ Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth manual (Nintendo 64, US)
  6. ^ "Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  7. ^ Sackenheim, Shawn (1998). "Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth [Japanese] (Nintendo 64) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  8. ^ Panda (October 1998). "Test Nintendo 64 - Star Soldier". Consoles + (in French). No. 81. M.E.R.7. p. 134.
  9. ^ a b Schneider, Peer (21 January 1999). "Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - IGN64 reviews the Hudson/Electro-Brain retro-shooter that quietly found its way into stores". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ^ Santoni, Jean (September 1998). "Zoom - Zapping Japon/USA: Star Soldier Vanishing Earth (Nintendo 64)". Joypad (in French). No. 78. Yellow Media. p. 88.
  11. ^ Kitts, Martin (September 1998). "Import Arena: The shoot-'em-up revival starts here - Star Soldier". N64 Magazine. No. 19. Future Publishing. pp. 62–63.
  12. ^ Andy; Todd; Dan; Paul; Scott (December 1998). "Now Playing - Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64)". Nintendo Power. No. 115. Nintendo of America. p. 128.
  13. ^ Sauer, Dirk (September 1998). "Nintendo 64 Import - Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth". Video Games (in German). No. 82. Future-Verlag. p. 76.
  14. ^ a b Richter, Thomas; Fischer, Frank (September 1998). "64 Power Reviews: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - Das erste vertikal scrollende Shoot'em-Up für das N64 ist da! Hat sich das Warten gelohnt?". 64 Power (in German). No. 14. LiveEmotion Verlag. pp. 58–59.
  15. ^ Abricot (September 1998). "Les Imports (Septembre 98)- Star Soldier (N64 - Version Jap)". Consoles News (in French). No. 25. FJM Publications. p. 83.
  16. ^ Santulli, Joe (January 1999). "Random Reviews Lite - Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (Hudson, for N64)". Digital Press - The Bio-Degradable Source For Videogamers. No. 39. Joe Santulli. p. 20.
  17. ^ Eric (September 1998). "Tests 64: Star Soldier avait tout d'un vrai shoot-them-up. Dommage que la réalisation ne suive pas... - Star Soldier". GamePlay 64 (in French). No. 8. FJM Publications. pp. 106–110. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  18. ^ Halverson, Dave (September 1998). "World Republic: Hudson's Put The Earth In Peril! From the ashes of NEC's PC Engine comes the first overhead shooter for the Nintendo 64 - Star Soldier". Gamers' Republic. No. 4. Millennium Publishing. p. 81.
  19. ^ Lips (July 1998). "Total 64 Review: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - Wham bam thank you mam, hot blasting action on the N64 made just the way your dad likes it!". Total 64. No. 19. Rapide Publishing. pp. 56–57.
  20. ^ a b Faure; Maulon, Vincent (September 1998). "Tests Nintendo 64 - Star Soldier". Ultra 64 (in French). No. 2. FJM Publications. pp. 120–121. Archived from the original on 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  21. ^ "Horizons Lointains: Souvenirs du passé - Star Soldier". X64 (in French). No. 10. Edicorp Publications. September 1998. pp. 86–87. Archived from the original on 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  22. ^ "Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth Review". Nintendo Power.
  23. ^ McDonald, W. (May 16, 2023). "We Played and Ranked EVERY SINGLE N64 Game". Hard Drive. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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