Pulstar

Time to beat

Main story

60 h5 reports

Main + extras

90.5 h4 reports

Completionist

153 h3 reports

Median of the hours reported by players who completed the game.

Synopsis

Pulstar is a 1995 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Aicom and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. Players control a starship in its mission to eradicate the Solar System of a hostile race of aliens that threaten mankind. Its gameplay has been compared to the R-Type series for its similar premise and mechanics; players must complete each of the game's eight stages by destroying constantly-moving formations of enemies and avoiding their projectiles. There are power-ups that can be collected that provide additional abilities for the player. It runs on the Neo Geo MVS arcade system board. Pulstar is the first Neo Geo game to incorporate 3D pre-rendered visuals. Its music was composed by Harumi Fujita and Yasuaki Fujita, both of whom previously worked for Capcom on the Ghosts 'n Goblins series. Pulstar has been ported and re-released several times, seeing conversions for systems like the Neo Geo CD and digital storefronts such as the Wii Virtual Console. The game and its re-releases have received mixed reviews from critics, who felt its gameplay and graphics were good but its difficulty was too high and it lacked originality. A sequel named Blazing Star was released in 1998, which aimed to correct the flaws present in the original.

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Details

Type

Game

Release date

August 28, 1995

Genres

shoot 'em up, science fiction video game

Platforms

arcade video game, Neo Geo, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch

Created by

Aicom

Countries

Japan