Soldier Force

Soldier Force is a vertically scrolling shooter considered as a tribute to Star Soldier, a popular classic shooter series developed by Hudson Soft. Being a spiritual successor to its original series, Soldier Force's objective is primarily based on achieving a high score with no storyline. The player controls one of four different characters and must destroy enemies and hidden destructible tiles that offer bonus points. Destroying enemies will fills up a special gauge known as Soldier Trip at the bottom of the screen which serves as a temporary shield by automatically reach full weapon power. When Soldier Trip activated, the player temporarily enter a bonus mode where each enemy will drop a score orb and furthermore increase score multiplier. Soldier Force introduced Caravan Modes in which the player would race through timed stages while trying to accumulate a high score.