Star Parodier
Appearance
Star Parodier | |
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PC Engine CD | |
Release | PC Engine CD
Wii Virtual Console |
Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Star Parodier (スターパロジャー, Sutā Parojā) is a vertical-scrolling
PC Engine CD-ROM² in 1992. It is a spin-off of the Star Soldier series and was localized for North America as Fantasy Star Soldier, but this version was never released.[1] The game was released for the Wii Virtual Console on March 7, 2008 in Japan, March 16 in Europe and later in North America on August 11.[2]
The title is also playable on the Turbografx-16/PC Engine Mini Console.
Star Parodier is a vertical scrolling shooter, much like the Star Soldier games, and features many of the same conventions, such as collecting power-ups to upgrade the player's weapons, and facing several bosses and minibosses as they progress through the game. The game also features the 2- and 5-minute high score
time attack
modes seen in previous games.
In parodying the hard sci-fi atmosphere of the Star Soldier games, Star Parodier takes a lighthearted approach by featuring cute, cartoonish graphics and toning down the violence (for example, defeated enemies wave