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It is very popular in [[Japan]] and has warranted a budget remake in 2003 for the [[GameCube]] (Japan-only) |
It is very popular in [[Japan]] and has warranted a budget remake in 2003 for the [[GameCube]] (Japan-only) |
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So far, three titles in the series are available for [[Virtual Console (Wii)|Virtual Console]] (Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, and Blazing Lazers). |
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Revision as of 20:59, 21 May 2007
Star Soldier is an overhead vertical shooter and the second title in Hudson Soft's Caravan Shooting series (after Star Force), first released for the NES in 1986, and 1988 in North America. It was followed by numerous sequels and spinoffs, including Super Star Soldier, Blazing Lazers, and Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth.
It is very popular in Japan and has warranted a budget remake in 2003 for the GameCube (Japan-only)
So far, three titles in the series are available for Virtual Console (Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, and Blazing Lazers).
Titles in the series:
- 1985: Star Force Famicom/ NES
- 1986: Star Soldier Famicom/ NES
- 1987: Starship Hector (Hector '87 in Japan) Famicom/NES
- 1989: Blazing Lazers (known as Gunhed in Japan) TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
- 1990: Super Star Soldier TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
- 1991: Final Soldier TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine (only released in Japan)
- 1992: Soldier Blade TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
- 1995: Star Parodier TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine (only released in Japan, planned for North American release as Fantasy Star Soldier)
- 1998: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth: (last game in the series) Nintendo 64/re-released in 2005 for the PSP in Japan-only.
- 2003: Star Soldier GameCube