Gunstar Heroes

1001 Video Games

The Mega Drive version of Gunstar Heroes appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Extras

The U.S. version of the game came with one free Fruit Roll-Up.

References

Most bosses of the game are in fact "borrowed" for famous movies, anime or video games. For instance, Colonel Red is Vega from Street Fighter II (aka "Bison" in US version), Pink and her two hunchmen are the Gladys gang from the anime Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (The secret of blue water), the Emperor is a clone of Darth Vader, and you'll also meet a copy of Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z...

About Pink, you'll also notice that the jewel she tries to steal is similar to the "blue water" jewel from Nadia.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • November 1993 (Issue #52) – Game of the Month (Genesis version)
  • November 1997 (Issue 100) - ranked #27 (Best 100 Games of All Time) (Genesis version)
• Retro Gamer
  • October 2004 (Issue #9) – #50 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Pirou Julien