Star Parodier (スターパロジャー, Sutā Parojā) is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed by Kaneko and published by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine CD-ROM² in 1992. It is a spin-off of the Star Soldier series and was localized for North America as Fantasy Star Soldier, but this version was never released.^[1] The game was released for the Wii Virtual Console on March 7, 2008 in Japan, March 16 in Europe and later in North America on August 11.^[2] The title is also playable on the Turbografx-16/PC Engine Mini Console.

Star Parodier
Developer(s)	Kaneko
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft
Composer(s)	Hiroshi Saito Jin Watanabe Shinichi Sakamoto (PSG)
Platform(s)	PC Engine CD
Release	PC Engine CD JP: April 24, 1992 Wii Virtual Console JP: March 7, 2008 EU: March 16, 2008 NA: August 11, 2008
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player

Star Parodier is a vertical scrolling shooter, much like the Star Soldier games, and features many of the same conventions, such as collecting power-ups to upgrade the player's weapons, and facing several bosses and minibosses as they progress through the game. The game also features the 2- and 5-minute high score time attack modes seen in previous games.

In parodying the hard sci-fi atmosphere of the Star Soldier games, Star Parodier takes a lighthearted approach by featuring cute, cartoonish graphics and toning down the violence (for example, defeated enemies wave white flags in surrender).^[3] The players choose from three craft to play as in the game: the Paro Ceaser from Star Soldier, a giant flying Bomberman or an anthropomorphic PC Engine console that shoots HuCards and CD-ROMs at enemies.^[4]