Soldier of Light

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Description

You play as Xain, the Soldier of Light, who must visit a number of invaded planets and wipe out the evil hordes that have attacked the human populations. The main bulk of the gameplay is a horizontally scrolling run and gun game, while some stages put you in an horizontal shoot 'em up scenario. You take control of Xain, who can jump or duck to avoid enemies and jump up to higher ledges. Lots of extra weaponry can be collected along the way, although this is lost when one of your five lives is lost. Each time you defeat a planet's boss, you control Xain's spaceship and have to go through a short horizontal shmup level, before selecting your next target planet.

The planets Cleemalt Soa, Lagto Soa, Cleedos Soa, Kworal Soa and Guwld Soa are all available for selection immediately. These each have their own settings – Cleedos Soa is desert, Cleemalt Soa is moon-like, Lagto Soa is lush and verdant, Kworal Soa is cold and underwater-like and Guwld Soa is a red-hot-steaming Mars type of place. When you clear all planets (plus their respective shmup sections) you gain access to a final planet which resembles the death star from Star Wars. After that,the game is over and you save the planets from the empire invasion.

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Alternate Titles

• "Xain'd Sleena" -- Japanese arcade title
• "Soldier of Light: Xain'd Sleena" -- RAD Games release title
• "Solar Warrior" -- Arcade title

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Critic Reviews

Sinclair User	Arcade	Apr, 1988	8 out of 10	80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1988	8.8 out of 12	73
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Feb, 1989	70 out of 100	70
Joystick (German)	Atari ST	Feb, 1989	7 out of 10	70
Oldies Rising	Arcade	Apr 18, 2010	14 out of 20	70
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	Nov, 1989		60
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amstrad CPC	Nov, 1989		60
Power Play	Atari ST	Jan, 1989	56 out of 100	56
The One	Atari ST	Jan, 1989	53 out of 100	53
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1988	4 out of 10	40

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