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1998 video game 1998 video game
Guardian Force
Developer(s)Success
Publisher(s)Nihon System
Director(s)Kazutoshi Yashiki
Taku Ishigouoka
Producer(s)Takato Yoshinari
Designer(s)Kazutoshi Yashiki
Programmer(s)Yūichi Horiguchi
Artist(s)Kazutoshi Yashiki
Takeshi Takahashi
Taku Ishigouoka
Yusuke Nemoto
Composer(s)Kenichi Hirata
Misako Tago
Platform(s)Arcade, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Release May 1998
  • Arcade
    • JP: May 1998
    Saturn
    • JP: August 6, 1998
    Switch
    • WW: September 30, 2021
    • NZ: October 1, 2021
    PS4
    • NZ: September 29, 2021
    • WW: September 30, 2021
    Windows
    • WW: February 9, 2022
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemST-V

Guardian Force is a multidirectional shooter videogame released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn and the ST-V arcade system by Success.

Gameplay

Arcade version screenshot
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Guardian Force is a scrolling shooter game.

Development and release

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It was included in the 2021 Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute compilation for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

Reception

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At the time of its original release, Super GamePower [pt] praised its diversified and frenetic gameplay. Nintendo Life criticized the Nintendo Switch port for not being fully in English.

Notes

  1. Saturn Tribute version by City Connection
  2. Saturn Tribute version was published by City Connection and H2 Interactive
  3. Japanese: ガーディアン フォース, Hepburn: Gādian Fōsu

References

  1. Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). "国内編 メーカー 別リスト". アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency [ja]. pp. 11–64. ISBN 9784990251215.
  2. "セガサターン対応ソフトウェア（ライセンシー発売）1998・1999・2000年発売". SEGA HARD Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Sega. 2023. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  3. "Guardian Force". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. "Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute announced for PS4, Switch". Gematsu. 24 April 2021. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  5. "Guardian Force". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 56. Brazil. November 1998. p. 22. Retrieved 27 July 2024 – via Archive.org.
  6. Brunskill, Kerry (15 October 2021). "Review: Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute (Switch) - Great Games Let Down By Poor Ports". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.


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