Guardian Force (video game)

Guardian Force
Developer(s)	Success [a]
Publisher(s)	Nihon System [b]
Director(s)	Kazutoshi Yashiki Taku Ishigouoka
Producer(s)	Takato Yoshinari
Designer(s)	Kazutoshi Yashiki
Programmer(s)	Masaru Hatsuyama Yūichi Horiguchi Masato Taniguchi Yūichiro Sato Yukio Ushigome Tomohide Ooshiro
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 [1] Saturn JP: August 6, 1998 [2] 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 system	ST-V

Guardian Force ^[c] is a multidirectional shooter videogame released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn and the ST-V arcade system by Success. ^[3]

Gameplay

Arcade version screenshot

Guardian Force is a scrolling shooter game.

Development and release

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

Reception

At the time of its original release, Super GamePower  [ pt ] praised its diversified and frenetic gameplay. ^[5] Nintendo Life criticized the Nintendo Switch port for not being fully in English. ^[6]

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.