- Source: Star Soldier
Star Soldier is a series of scrolling shooters mainly developed by Hudson Soft. Konami has owned the rights to the series since their absorption of Hudson Soft in 2012.
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 was released with little change in a compilation for the Super Famicom in 1995, received enhanced remakes for both the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2003, and a different remake for the PlayStation Portable 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 and on the Japanese PC Engine's Best Collection lineup for the PSP.
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".
Caravan gaming tournaments
Star Soldier was developed as a spiritual successor to Tecmo's Star Force, from which it borrows most of its gameplay elements. The Star Force series, along with Hudson's Star Soldier, was often featured in the popular Japanese gaming tournament known as "Hudson All-Japan Caravan Festival". Home ports of Star Soldier games would sometimes feature "Caravan" modes in which the player would race through timed stages while trying to accumulate a high score.
Common elements
Being an arcade-style game, Star Soldier's objective is primarily based on achieving a high score. The series often makes use of hidden destructible tiles that offer bonus points when shot, but may occasionally power-up the player's ship instead. Bonus points will also be awarded for defeating sequences of enemy formations while they are within a certain proximity to the player's ship, or defeating mini bosses before they have a chance to attack.
Games
1986: Star Soldier - MSX, Famicom/NES, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Wii VC, 3DS VC, Nintendo Online (Switch).
Star Soldier Special+ - Mobile Phone
Star Soldier SP Arcade - Mobile Phone
Star Soldier Fukkoku-Ban - Mobile Phone
1990: Super Star Soldier - PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Wii VC, Windows Store, Wii U VC
1991: Final Soldier - PC Engine, Wii VC, Wii U VC
1992: Soldier Blade - PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Wii VC, Wii U VC
1992: Star Parodier - PC Engine CD ROM, Wii VC
1998: Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth - Nintendo 64
2008: Star Soldier R - Wii (WiiWare)
2010: Star Soldier Mission Mode - Mobile Phone
2013: Star Soldier for GREE - iOS
During the Konami Action & Shooting Contest hosted by the Shueisha Game Creator’s Camp and Tokyo Game Show 2022, Beep won the rights from Konami to develop the game through the competition, a game titled Star Soldier RE:VIVE Multiverse is in development.
= Crossover
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2006: Star Soldier vs DoDonPachi DaiOuJou CARAVAN'06 - Mobile Phone
2018: Super Bomberman R - Nintendo Switch
2018: Pixel Puzzle Collection - iOS, Android
= Compilations and remakes
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1995: Caravan Shooting Collection - SNES
Compilation of Star Force, Star Soldier and Starship Hector
2003: Star Soldier - GameCube, PS2
3D remake with arranged stages
2005: Star Soldier - PSP
Enhanced port of the 2003 remake
2006: Hudson Best Collection Vol. 5: Shooting Collection - GBA
Compilation of Star Force, Star Soldier and Starship Hector
2008: PC Engine Best Collection: Soldier Collection - PSP
Compilation of Super Star Soldier, Final Soldier, Star Parodier and Soldier Blade
= Canceled games
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1995: Kuma Soldier - PC-FX
Other media
1985–1987: Famicom Rocky - manga: Star Soldier is one of the videogames based on the manga.
1986-1987: Famicom Cap - manga: Star Soldier is one of the videogames based on the manga.
1986–1987: Nekketsu! Famicom Shounendan: Star Soldier is one of the videogames based on the manga.
1991–1993: Cyber Boy - manga: Soldier Blade and Star Parodier, two of the video games based on the manga.
1986: Running Boy Star Soldier no Himitsu - anime film
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Hard Core Gaming 101 - Star Soldier- Source: StarSoldier
StarSoldier is a science fiction board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1977.
Description
StarSoldier is a 2-player game in which one player controls invading aliens, and the other controls StarSoldiers defending the planet.
Components
The game box holds:
22" x 34" paper hex grid map
400 counters
rule book
two Level Record Charts
two six-sided dice
Publication history
In 1974, SPI published StarForce: Alpha Centauri, the first mass market science fiction game. It sold very well, staying on SPI's Top Ten Bestseller list for four years. As a result, SPI created two spin-off games, Outreach in 1976 and StarSoldier in 1977. StarSoldier was designed by Tom Walczyk, with artwork by Redmond A. Simonsen. When both Outreach and StarSoldier proved popular, SPI packaged them and Star Force in one box as StarForce Trilogy.
StarSoldier debuted on SPI's monthly Top 10 list at No. 9 two months before its release due to pre-publication orders. When it was published in January 1977, it immediately rose to No. 1, and stayed on SPI's Top Ten list for the entire year, either on its own, or as part of the StarForce Trilogy.
Publication history
According to Shannon Appelcline, "The Space Gamer #6 ( June/July 1976) [was] the first issue to offer up substantial articles on other publishers' games — including discussions of McEwan Miniatures' Starguard! (1974) and SPI's then-forthcoming StarSoldier (1977).": 214
Reception
In Issue 6 of The Space Gamer, Amber ap Llychlyn did not like the rationale for the game, pointing out that in the game, civilians are put to sleep using a psychic field to avoid conflict, and thought this made soldiers, and therefore the entire game, unnecessary.
In Issue 32 of Moves, Phil Kosnett compared StarSoldier to Starship Troopers, published in 1976 by Avalon Hill. After a lengthy comparison, Kosnett concluded that "StarSoldier is an innovative game and Starship Troopers is not. Soldier is science fiction, and Troopers is just a 20th Century land game with funny silhouettes on the unit counters."
In the 1980 book The Complete Book of Wargames, game designer Jon Freeman called this game similar in concept to two other SPI tactical wargames, Sniper! and Patrol. He noted "Games are fairly fluid as units flit from cover to cover, but most boil down to putting out an overwhelming offense while mainting an adequate defense — a combination few units can manage." Freeman gave this game an Overall Evaluation of "Good", concluding, "the game is usually a race to succeed before one side is devastated to the man."
Other reviews and commentary
Fire & Movement #7
The Wargamer Vol.1 #3
Strategist #342
American Wargamer Vol.5, #1
Ann Arbor Wargamer #4
Games & Puzzles #69
The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming
References
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