Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth

To do: Differences between N64 and arcade versions.

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth is an installment in the Star Soldier series notable for being one of two games for the Nintendo 64-derived Aleck64 arcade board to receive a home port, the other being Magical Tetris Challenge.

Debug Options#

Applying the below GameShark code will open up a couple of debug options. This opens ENEMY SELECT and STAGE SELECT menus.

• ENEMY SELECT allows you to choose any enemy from the game. It will then send you to a map where they endlessly spawn forever.
• STAGE SELECT allows you to choose any stage in the game, including bosses to choose from.

N64 only codes:

Crash Handler#

A fairly elaborate crash handler would appear on screen if the game ever crashed. Don't divide by zero folks.

If for whatever strange reason you would like to crash your game, apply the below code.

Crash Your Game!

Regional Differences#

To do: Add comparison screenshots. Possibly more differences as well.

The Japanese version has different title cards for its missions, featuring kanji in the center of the screen along with the mission number on top and English title underneath. Additionally, the powerups are modeled differently, having a more animated look to them as wobbling crystal-shaped items with rings around them.