Solar Striker
Jan 26, 1990
Main game
2.81 average rating based on 21 ratings
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You are locked in ferocious combat on an interstellar battlefield. Dodging and taking aim, alien rocketships stream past, circle, and attack. There are too many to count! Fire, fire, fire! The enemies' first wave is repelled. A moment's rest, and the attack begins again. Gather extra life and firepower from floating energy cells. Prepare to duel batwing fighters and insect spaceships, avoid churning energy fields, alien cruisers and more!
- Developers
- Minakuchi Engineering, Nintendo R&D1
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Platforms
- Game Boy
- Genres
- Shooter
- Themes
- Science fiction
Release Dates
Jan 26, 1990 (Japan)
Game Boy
Feb 02, 1990 (North_America)
Game Boy
Sep 28, 1990 (Europe)
Game Boy
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Jan 31, 2023
Fun Little Shooter, But Minimal Substance
This review is for the Game Boy version
Solar Striker is a fun shooter for the GameBoy, but it's not very deep. The weapon upgrade system is perfectly linear (each upgrade just makes your shot faster or stronger) and there are no choices to be made. The game is pretty easy, but I'm not that experienced in the shmup genre and was appreciative of the difficulty level. There's six levels and all of them can be completed in under 20 min (if you don't lose). Give it a try if you are very new to shmups or if you like the gameboy. It's worth a couple hours of your time.