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Gunstar Heroes
Gunstar Heroes box cover for the Sega Mega Drive
Developer:	Treasure Co. Ltd
Publisher:	Sega
Release date:	September 10, 1993
Genre:	Action game
Game modes:	Single player, multiplayer
ESRB rating:	N/A
Platform:	Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear
Media:	16-bit Cartridge

Gunstar Heroes is an side-scrolling video game released in 1993 by Treasure Co. Ltd for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and the Sega Game Gear. In many aspects, Gunstar Heroes is considred innovative. It combined a linear, side-scrolling shooter with plot elements, a combo-based weapon system, a dice game, recurring bosses, and combat strategy. It remains one of the most popular games of the 16-bit console, and is often found being traded for relatively high prices (around 10 times the price of a common cartridge). In the console's later years it was re-packed in Sega's Classic Pack along other greats such as Alex Kidd, Altered Beast and Flicky.

Although innovative for its time, Gunstar Heroes is often compared to other popular action platformers such as Konami's Contra. Coincidentally, Treasure Co. Ltd was formed from ex-Konami employees.

Story

The story takes place on the planet Gunstar 9, which was once threatened by a robot called "Golden Silver." However, the robot was deactivated by a hero named White Gunstar. Since then, an evil dictator named Colonel Red has kidnapped a relative of White Gunstar in hopes of brainwashing him and forcing him to help revive the robot Golden Silver. Because White Gunstar has aged since his heroic days, he bestows the challenge of defeating Colonel Red and his army of robots to Red Gunstar and Blue Gunstar, the game's heroes.

Weapons

File:Gunstar heroes-title.png

Title screen

The weapon system gives each player space for two weapon shots. The player can then combine any two simple shots to form a combo shot. This isn't to say that the player is forced to use the combination; with the press of a button the player can choose to rotate from the combo to only one weapon, then to the other, and finally back to the combo. Generally, though, the combo shots are more powerful.

Although players choose their main shot at the beginning of the game, the weapons are dropped very frequently from bird-like robots that fly by during the heat of battle. If the player only has one slot selected, then they can choose to swap that weapon out for the new one, creating entirely different combos.

In addition to all the weapons, it is also possible to grab enemies that get too close, and toss them into other enemies, damaging both enemies involved. This can be risky since several enemies are capable of melee attacks, but is an effective last resort. Less risky but also useful is the sliding tackle movement, which allows the player to dodge and attack a nearby opponent at the same time.

Basic Shots:

File:Gunstar heroes-lvl1.png

First level, with flame shot

Force Shot - A ball of energy. Medium-powered.
Lightning Shot - A rapid laser blast of blue lightning.
Chaser Shot - A rapid fire, target-seeking gun that shoots stars; it is the weakest single shot.
Flame Shot - A fairly short-ranged but powerful and continuous flamethrower.

Combo Shots:

Force+Force - A strong, rapid-fire gun that can shoot in all directions.
Force+Lightning - Slightly less strong than Force+Force, this is a rapid-fire laser gun that travels through its targets.
Force+Chaser - Stronger than the single Force shot, this gun has some limited Chaser power.
Force+Flame - A rapid-fire Force gun that fires explosive shots.
Lightning+Lightning - Continuos Lightning Shot. Heavy damage.
Lightning+Chaser - A Lightning gun with excellent Chaser capability. The only drawback is it sometimes remains homed in on a target.
Lightning+Flame - A very strong but short-range lightning sword.
Chaser+Chaser - A moderately-strong gun that homes in on multiple-targets.
Chaser+Flame - A Flame gun that fires shots you can control toward a target. Difficult to use but effective if mastered.
Flame+Flame - A very strong Flame gun with twice the range of the single Flame shot.

External links

Mobygames Entry

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+| style=width:80px|[[Video game developer|Developer]]:
+|[[Treasure Co. Ltd]]
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+|[[Video game publisher|Publisher]]:
+|[[Sega]]
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+|Release date:
+|[[September 10]], [[1993]]
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+|[[Action game]]
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+|[[Single player]], [[multiplayer]]
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+|[[ESRB]] rating:
+|N/A
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+|[[Sega Genesis|Genesis]]/[[Sega Mega Drive|Mega Drive]], [[Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]]
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+'''''Gunstar Heroes''''' is an [[Side-scrolling game|side-scrolling]] [[video game]] released in [[1993]] by [[Treasure Co. Ltd]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]/[[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] and the [[Sega Game Gear]]. In many aspects, ''Gunstar Heroes'' is considred innovative. It combined a linear, side-scrolling shooter with plot elements, a combo-based weapon system, a dice game, recurring bosses, and combat strategy. It remains one of the most popular games of the [[16-bit era|16-bit]] console, and is often found being traded for relatively high prices (around 10 times the price of a common cartridge). In the console's later years it was  re-packed in Sega's ''Classic Pack'' along other greats such as ''[[Alex Kidd]]'', ''[[Altered Beast]]'' and ''[[Flicky]]''.
+Although innovative for its time, ''Gunstar Heroes'' is often compared to other popular action platformers such as [[Konami]]'s ''[[Contra]]''. Coincidentally, Treasure Co. Ltd was formed from ex-Konami employees.
-[[Image:Gunstar heroes-title.png|thumb|150px|Title screen]]
-'''''Gunstar Heroes''''' is a [[video game]] released in [[1993]] by [[Treasure Co. Ltd]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]/[[Sega Genesis|Genesis]]. In many aspects, ''Gunstar Heroes'' is considred innovative. It combined a linear, side-scrolling shooter with plot elements, a combo-based weapon system, a dice game, recurring bosses, and combat strategy. It remains one of the most popular games of the 16-bit console, and it is often found being traded for relatively high prices (around 10 times the price of a common cart). In the console later years it was  re-packed in Sega's ''Classic Pack'' along other greats such as ''Alex Kidd'', ''Altered Beast'' and ''Flickies''.
+==Story==
+The story takes place on the planet Gunstar 9, which was once threatened by a robot called "Golden Silver." However, the robot was deactivated by a hero named White Gunstar. Since then, an evil dictator named Colonel Red has kidnapped a relative of White Gunstar in hopes of brainwashing him and forcing him to help revive the robot Golden Silver. Because White Gunstar has aged since his heroic days, he bestows the challenge of defeating Colonel Red and his army of robots to Red Gunstar and Blue Gunstar, the game's heroes.
 ==Weapons==
+[[Image:Gunstar heroes-title.png|thumb|200px|Title screen]]
-The weapon system functions as follows:
+The weapon system gives each player space for two weapon shots. The player can then combine any two simple shots to form a combo shot. This isn't to say that the player is forced to use the combination; with the press of a button the player can choose to rotate from the combo to only one weapon, then to the other, and finally back to the combo. Generally, though, the combo shots are more powerful.
+Although players choose their main shot at the beginning of the game, the weapons are dropped very frequently from bird-like robots that fly by during the heat of battle. If the player only has one slot selected, then they can choose to swap that weapon out for the new one, creating entirely different combos.
-Each player has space for two weapon shots.  He or she can combine any two simple shots to form a combo shot.
+In addition to all the weapons, it is also possible to grab enemies that get too close, and toss them into other enemies, damaging both enemies involved. This can be risky since several enemies are capable of melee attacks, but is an effective last resort. Less risky but also useful is the sliding tackle movement, which allows the player to dodge and attack a nearby opponent at the same time.
-===Basic Shots:===
-[[Image:Gunstar heroes-lvl1.png|thumb|First level, with flame shot]]
+===Basic Shots:===
+[[Image:Gunstar heroes-lvl1.png|thumb|200px|First level, with flame shot]]
 *Force Shot - A ball of energy.  Medium-powered.
 *Lightning Shot - A rapid laser blast of blue lightning.
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 *Flame+Flame - A very strong Flame gun with twice the range of the single Flame shot.
+==External links==
-[[Category: Sega Genesis games]]
+* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,16/gameId,6581/ Mobygames Entry]
-[[Category: Scrolling shooters]]
+[[Category:1993 computer and video games]]
+[[Category:Game Gear games]]
+[[Category:Sega Genesis games]]
+[[Category:Scrolling shooters]]