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== Star Soldier ==
 
== Star Soldier ==
'''Star Soldier''' is a shmup for the Famicom and NES by [[Hudson Soft]] Co., Ltd. in 1986. After the success of their Famicom port of Tehkan's arcade shooter Star Force and the popularity of its promotional Caravan gaming tournaments, Hudson sought to make a spiritual .
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'''Star Soldier''' is an arcade-style vertical shooter released by [[Hudson Soft]] in 1986 for the Famicom and MSX in Japan, and in 1989 for the NES in North America. Building upon other mid-80s shmups, Star Soldier is a fast-paced and agile, yet simple shmup. Being designed specifically with Hudson’s Caravan Festival competition in mind, Star Soldier places heavy emphasis on enemy quantity, variety, and competitive high-scores.
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The resulting success of the title would lead to numerous sequels, spinoffs, and crossovers. The continued success of Hudson’s Caravan competition would also give rise to similar shmup tournaments from other publishers, such as Naxat Soft’s Summer Carnival, further expanding the competitive shmup audience in Japan.
  
 
== Gameplay Overview ==
 
== Gameplay Overview ==

Revision as of 18:34, 30 January 2024

Star Solder start screen
Space Invaders
Star Soldier Cover.jpg

North American cover art

Developer: Hudson Soft
Release date: NES: June 13, 1986

Star Soldier

Star Soldier is an arcade-style vertical shooter released by Hudson Soft in 1986 for the Famicom and MSX in Japan, and in 1989 for the NES in North America. Building upon other mid-80s shmups, Star Soldier is a fast-paced and agile, yet simple shmup. Being designed specifically with Hudson’s Caravan Festival competition in mind, Star Soldier places heavy emphasis on enemy quantity, variety, and competitive high-scores.

The resulting success of the title would lead to numerous sequels, spinoffs, and crossovers. The continued success of Hudson’s Caravan competition would also give rise to similar shmup tournaments from other publishers, such as Naxat Soft’s Summer Carnival, further expanding the competitive shmup audience in Japan.

Gameplay Overview

Controls

Scoring

Characters

Strategy

Trivia