Superior Soldiers
| Superior Soldiers | |
|---|---|
 North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Irem |
| Publisher(s) | Irem |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date(s) | December 1993 |
| Genre(s) | 2D Versus Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Arcade system | Irem M-92G System hardware |
Superior Soldiers, known in Japan as Perfect Soldiers (パーフェクトソルジャーズ), is a 1993 fighting arcade game developed and published by Irem. It was created during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with Capcom's Street Fighter II. Several graphic designers of this and several other Irem titles later moved to Nazca, and designed the graphics of the Metal Slug and The King of Fighters franchises for SNK.
Characters
There are eight characters in the game.
Star Savior (スターセイバー) (known outside of Japan as Starsaber; however the back of the North American arcade flyer spells his name as Star Sabor.) - The protagonist character of the game.
Arabian Moon (アラビアンムーン) - A female fighter dressed as a scantily-clad dancer.
Meltdown (メルトダウン) - A nuclear human remodeled with built-in battery. 
Broadway (ブロードウェイ) (known outside of Japan as Cattydox) - A female strip dancer. 
Bushidoh (ブシドー) (known outside of Japan as Busido) - An armoured male samurai. - Dinosaur (ダイナゾア) (known outside of Japan as Reptilian) - The dinosaur with a personality that isn't violent.
- Evil Talon (エビルクローン) (known outside of Japan as Satinsect) - A mutant that has been turned into a human-consuming demon.
- Seleous (セレウス) (known in North America as Skull Reaper) - The antagonist of the game.
Regional differences
Besides the names of several characters, the North American version, Superior Soldiers lacks other things that are seen in the Japanese version, Perfect Soldiers. The Japanese version has an announcer shouting the name of the game at the title screen, as well as names of "who VS. who" at the VS. screens in Engrish. However, the well-known "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen and new color graphics were added to the North American version.
External links
- Perfect Soldiers at The Large Cult Fighting Game March (Japanese)
- Superior Soldiers at the Killer List of Videogames
- Superior Soldiers at arcade-history
- Perfect Soldiers at arcade-history