Star Soldier
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| Developer: | Hudson Soft |
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| Release date: | NES: June 13, 1986 |
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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.
