is a 1991 vertical-scrolling shooter video game developed and published by

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in Japan. It is the third game in the main ''

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'' series, and has been released in Europe for the

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on May 2, 2008 and in North America on September 8, 2008. It was subsequently released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan in 2014 and North America in 2017.

Gameplay

This game features 7 stages to play as well as a 2-minute and 5-minute challenge mode. Unlike the other PC-Engine Star Soldier games, the player chooses at the beginning of the game the exact kind of weapon each color power-up grants.

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1991 video games Star Soldier Now Production games Scrolling shooters TurboGrafx-16 games Video games developed in Japan Virtual Console games Virtual Console games for Wii U Single-player video games {{scroll-shooter-videogame-stub