Neo Caesar (ネオ・シーザー in Japanese) is the main protagonist of the 1990 PC Engine shoot 'em up Super Star Soldier. It is the successor to the Caesar, being modified to have more weapons than its predecessor.
History[]
Four years after the events of Star Soldier, the galaxy is enjoying a period of peace for a time, that is until something sinister comes about. The remnants of the Star Brain's forces have been plotting revenege during this time-lapse, and soon enough they launch another attack across the galaxy, this time led by their new leader, the Mother Brain. In preparation for the return of the Brain's forces, the Galactic Empire has built a new and improved starfighter that replaces the now outdated Caesar. The new fighter, christened Neo Caesar and piloted by Starbuck is then launched to fight back against the returning foe.
Neo Caesar travels across seven different areas, where it battles the Mother Brain's forces, crippling them one significantly whilst also destroying its commanders. Eventually the craft reaches the primary base of operations, after infiltrating the perimeter, the craft battles through many of the commanders once more, destroying each one for a second time. Eventually, it confronts a giant, evil version of itself called the Death Caesar and duels its hostile counterpart. Despite being far smaller, Neo Caesar prevails in the initial battle, but the giant enemy is not done yet. Death Caesar then attachs itself to the Mother Brain, resulting in Neo Caesar having to battle both enemies at the same time. Neo Caesar manages to destroy Death Caesar, and then engages Mother Brain, where it destroys the enemy leader soon afterwards.
Following the long, intense battle, Neo Caesar flies off into the sunset and returns to base, having completed its mission. In the ending, Starbuck is revealed to be a woman.
Weapons[]
Weapons Pod
Neo Caesar's arsenal is a vast improvement over its predecessor, it now possesses four possible primary weapons each with their strengths and weaknesses, as well as two secondary weapons. Each of the primary weapons are represented by colored modules that act as power-ups, while the secondary weapons are represented by either an "M" (for Missiles) or an "O" (for Options). All weapons can be upgraded to enhance its overall performance in combat. Once maxed out, any further power-ups obtained will create a bomb-like explosion called Super Bomb that destroys all enemy within the field of vision.
Multi-Shot - the default weapon of the craft, it is a standard rapid-fire vulcan type cannon that can destroy most small enemies easily, when upgraded the number of shots is increased for a maximum of five streams.
Ring Laser - fires a pair of powerful rings, which expand in size the further they travel. When upgraded, the number of rings fired increases, as well as the direction of which the rings are fired.
Spread Laser - fires a green lightning bolt in a three way spread forwards, dealing high damage to anything they touch. When upgraded, the bolts become longer, thus increasing the weapon's range.
Swing Fire - fires a stream of fire that swings to the left and right, the weapon deals high damage, but is difficult to aim. When upgraded, the number of streams fired, as well as their range increases.
Homing Missiles - fires a volley of four missiles which track down the nearest enemies and move at a slow speed. When upgraded, the speed of the missiles increases.
Defense Option - creates a pair of options to the side of the craft. The options do not provide additional firepower of any kind, but are capable of doing contact damage against small enemies as well as blocking enemy fire. The options can also be rotated manually. When upgraded, the options will rotate automatically around the craft.
- Shield - Upon reaching the third stage of any primary weapon, a rotating shield will activate around the craft, which will block up to three hits taken to the craft before being destroyed, however getting hit once while the shield is active will downgrade the main shot by one level. Once depleted, the shield can be reactivated by obtaining a primary weapon power-up.
- Super Bomb - If Neo Caesar possesses the maximum number of particular weapons crystals, then collect one more of the same weapons crystals, the said weapons crystal becomes Super Bomb. When it activates, all enemies present on the screen are eradicated. When appeared with the right timing, Super Bomb may even cripple bosses. Another way to obtain this special weapon is to get a special crystal (blinks): When collected, it automatically becomes Super Bomb in addition to granting Neo Caesar extra 5,000-point award.
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Caesar | Neo Caesar | Dryad | F92 Soldier Blade | F98 Venidium | F98 Lathyrus | F98 Wisteria | Assault Caesar | Enigma | Rijndael | Quantum | CS-00A Caesar | ||