Super Star Force: Jikuureki no Himitsu

a.k.a. スーパースターフォース時空暦の秘密

created and published by Tecmo in 1986-11-11, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: shooter, adventure
genre: Science Fiction, Scrolling shooter
series: Star Force
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: jpn

3.5/5

Personal review

"Super Star Force" mixes classical vertical-scrolling shooting action mixed with Zelda-like dungeon exploration parts. In order to defeat the endboss you have to collect "Time Stones" from dungeons which are hidden in different time zones. With your space fighter you fly through the different time zones and shoot lots of enemies. With shooting down enemies you earn time pieces which can be used as currency in shops to upgrade your ship/man and buy extra items that are needed in some parts of the game. Time pieces also work as life bar, each hit by enemies reduces your amount of time pieces. You also have to find clues how to open up some dungeons. Often you have to shoot a certain object in a past time zone to open up a dungeon or hint in a later time zone. I liked the game more than the very similar Ginga Denshou: Galaxy Odyssey that was released at the same time for the Famicom Disk System. Super Star Force has ok graphics and plays well. Although sometimes it is rather difficult and without a walkthrough you will hardly find some of the secrets that are needed to finish the game.