''Starship Hector'', originally released as ,Japanese title
at SuperFamicom.org is an alternating vertically & horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Similar to ''

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'', the player's starship has two modes of fire: one to tackle flying enemies and one for ground-based ones. ''Starship Hector'' is a follow-up to Hudson Soft's earlier shooter ''

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'', itself inspired by

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'', an arcade game that Hudson had ported to the

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in 1985. The background music of ''Starship Hector'' was reused as background music in '' Super Star Soldier''. The theme also appears in the Wii title '' Kororinpa'', which itself has many themes from older Hudson Soft games. The game was ported in 1995 to the

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, along with ''Star Force'' and ''Star Soldier'', in the ''Caravan Shooting Collection'' released exclusively in Japan.

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1987 video games Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Science fiction video games Horizontally scrolling shooters Hudson Soft games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Takeaki Kunimoto Single-player video games {{scroll-shooter-videogame-stub