Soldier Girl Amazon

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Soldier Girl Amazon
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North American arcade flyer
Developer(s) Nichibutsu
Publisher(s) Nichibutsu
Platform(s) Arcade
Release
  • JP: June 1986
  • NA: September 1986
Genre(s) Scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Soldier Girl Amazon, released in Japan as Holy Warrior Amatelass [a] , is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Nichibutsu for arcades. It was released in Japan in June 1986 and North America in September 1986. [1] [2] Hamster Corporation acquired the game's rights alongside Nichibutsu's intellectual property, releasing it as part of their Arcade Archives series for the PlayStation 4 in 2016 and Nintendo Switch in 2022. [3] [4]

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Gameplay

The player controls the titular sun goddess and intergalactic warrior Amaterasu, who wields a magical sword and shield to defeat enemies with energy beams, in order to capture prisoners who escaped from a distant planet. Amaterasu can shoot in all directions in a manner similar to Capcom's Commando. She starts off with a less powerful energy beam and can be easily killed in one hit, but a motorcycle grants her improved mobility and an extra hit point. The weapon and motorcycle can be upgraded with power-ups to become respectively more powerful and turn into a spaceship with more hit points. A limited supply of bombs are available to defeat enemies more easily. Each level ends with a boss enemy's spaceship, which when defeated will reveal its driver, a prisoner, for Amaterasu to capture. [2] [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 聖戦士アマテラス, Hepburn: Seisenshi Amaterasu

References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005)[Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 56, 127. ISBN   978-4990251215.
  2. 1 2 Moyse, Chris (June 25, 2022). "Weird but fun Soldier Girl Amazon joins the Arcade Archives". Destructoid. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Hagues, Alana (July 7, 2022). "Nintendo Download: 7th July (North America)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ "『聖戦士アマテラス』1986年に稼動していたニチブツの傑作シューティングがPS4向け"アーケードアーカイブス"で配信開始！". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). March 11, 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
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