PC Engine Longplay #3: Super Star Soldier
32Super Star Soldier (スーパースターソルジャー Sūpā Sutā Sorujā?) is a scrolling shooter video game released in 1990 for the Japanese PC Engine and in 1991 for the North American TurboGrafx-16. It is the sequel to Star Soldier, and part of a vertical-scrolling shooter series by Hudson Soft. According to the company, many people believed Super Star Soldier's graphics were the best of any HuCard game.
Although the game was popular in Japan, it received less attention from the rest of the world.
The game includes a variety of weapons including flame throwers, electricity, spread guns and heat-seeking missiles. It consists of eight levels.
Super Star Soldier was released for the Mobile Version on September 3, 2007 in Japan, later, for the Virtual Console on Nintendo's Wii system in North America on November 27, 2006, Japan on December 2, 2006 and European December 8, 2006. The game has also been released on the Japanese PlayStation Store on August 19, 2009 and the North American PlayStation Store on June 3, 2011. It was also released on Windows Store on December 20, 2013 and on Wii U Virtual Console on February 26, 2014 both in Japan.