Starship Hector

1987 (07/01/1990)

Starship Hector, originally released as Hector'87 (ヘクター'87), is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Similar to Xevious, the player's starship has two modes of fire: one to tackle flying enemies and one for ground-based ones. Starship Hector is a follow-up to Hudson Soft's earlier shooter Star Soldier, itself inspired by Tecmo's Star Force, an arcade game that Hudson Soft had ported to the Famicom in 1985. The main background mus…