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Star Force (Europe)

NES / Famicom
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1984
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Star Force ports the Tehkan vertical arcade shoot on Japanese Hudson Soft Famicom with its spaceship facing alien invasion on multiple cosmic stages. The representation offers vertical scrolling with shots and bonuses in an original Japanese arcade vertical shoot precursor formula. Honest for Famicom shoot fans, curiosity of the 8 bit ported Hudson catalog.

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Category
Shooter 1 player 7+
Description
Pioneering Tehkan vertical shooter converted by Hudson, in which the Final Star ship flies through alphabetically named zones. Published by Hudson Soft, released in 1984 in Europe. Hunt for the hidden Cleopatra bonus. European PAL cartridge.

Star Force review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,03 MB 📅22/12/1984
Published by Hudson Soft

Star Force (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $26 Q6 complete
 $130 Q10 new
 $416 !
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Other versions
Star Force
Japan
22/12/1984
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Star Force
USA
22/12/1984
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Collector interest

Tehkan's pioneering vertical shooter converted by Hudson Soft, in its European PAL version where the Final Star ship crosses letter-named zones and hides the Cleopatra bonus. Released late and in low quantity in Europe, this early Hudson scoring landmark is markedly harder to gather complete in PAL than in the US version. Its place in shmup history and the scarcity of its European box sustain a price above the NTSC counterpart, drawing genre-history collectors.

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