Composer(s) Takeaki Kunimoto Initial release date 13 June 1986 Genre Shoot 'em up | Mode(s) Single-player Developer Hudson Soft | |
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Series Caravan Shooting, Star Soldier Platforms Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Game Boy Advance, MSX Publishers Hudson Soft, Konami, Taxan Similar Caravan Shooting games, Hudson Soft games, Shoot 'em up games | ||
Star Soldier (スターソルジャー, Sutā Sorujā) is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Family Computer and the MSX. The player pilots the starship "Caesar", travelling through space stations occupied by powerful supercomputers known as "Starbrains" who threaten the galactic empire. Star Soldier greatly resembles the earlier arcade game Star Force.
Mobile versions were released on January 26, 2001, in Japan as Star Soldier Special+ in 2004, Star Soldier SP Arcade in 2005 and Star Soldier Fukkoku-Ban (スターソルジャー 復刻版, Sutāsorujā fukkoku-ban) in 2008, they're also released for Palm OS on November 2001 in Japan and iOS on January 4, 2012 in United States.
Star Soldier has spawned numerous sequels, starting with Super Star Soldier on the PC Engine. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2004 in Japan as part of the Famicom Mini series, and to the Wii's Virtual Console in the Japanese and North American regions in July 2007. An enhanced remake of the game was released on PlayStation Portable only in Japan in 2005.
Dissolved by Konami, an 3DS Virtual Console was re-released on November 14, 2012 in Japan, August 15, 2013 in PAL Version and October 24, 2013 in North America, and the iOS Version, titled Star Soldier for GREE (スターソルジャー for GREE, Sutāsorujā for GREE) on June 20, 2013 in Japan.