Star Soldier (series)

"Star Soldier" is a series of shoot 'em up video games mainly developed by Hudson Soft.

The first game, named "Star Soldier", appeared on the MSX and NES in 1986, and the series has continued on various gaming systems. "Star Soldier" itself has received enhanced remakes for both the GameCube and PS2 in 2003, and a different remake for the PSP in 2005, while the latest installment of the series was released on the Wii as a WiiWare game in 2008. In addition, "Super Star Soldier", "Final Soldier", "Soldier Blade" and "Star Parodier" have been re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console.

The "Star Soldier" games are best known for their distinctive music, unique weapon power-ups, and a special time attack high score mode called "Caravan Mode". [ [http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/starsoldier/starsoldier.htm Hard Core Gaming 101 - Star Soldier] ]

Games

*1986: "Star Soldier" - MSX, Famicom/NES
*1990: "Super Star Soldier" - TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
*1991: "Final Soldier" - TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
*1992: "Soldier Blade" - TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
*1995: "Star Parodier" - TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
*1998: "" - Nintendo 64
*2003: "Star Soldier" - GameCube, PS2
*2005: "Star Soldier" - PSP
*2008: "Star Soldier R" - Wii (WiiWare) [ [http://www.cubed3.com/news/8195/1/Star_Soldier_R_for_Wii Star Soldier R for Wii?] ] [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=i1pKO2LW6sc YouTube footage] ]

Compilations

*2008: "" - PSP

References

External links

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* [http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/starsoldier/starsoldier.htm Hard Core Gaming 101 - Star Soldier]