Guardian Force (video game)

{{Short description|1998 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = Guardian Force

| image = Guardian Force arcade flyer.jpg

| border = yes

| developer = Success{{efn|Saturn Tribute version by City Connection}}

| publisher = Nihon System{{efn|Saturn Tribute version was published by City Connection and H2 Interactive}}

| director = Kazutoshi Yashiki
Taku Ishigouoka

| producer = Takato Yoshinari

| designer = Kazutoshi Yashiki

| programmer = Yūichi Horiguchi

| artist = Kazutoshi Yashiki
Takeshi Takahashi
Taku Ishigouoka
Yusuke Nemoto

| composer = Kenichi Hirata
Misako Tago

| platforms = Arcade, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows

| released = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;|title=May 1998|Arcade{{vgrelease|JP|May 1998{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n31/mode/1up|chapter=国内編 メーカー 別リスト|title=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher={{ill|Amusement News Agency|lt=Amusement News Agency|ja|アミューズメント通信社}}|date=October 13, 2006|pages=11–64|isbn=9784990251215|language=ja}}}} Saturn{{vgrelease|JP|August 6, 1998{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee4.html|title=セガサターン対応ソフトウェア（ライセンシー発売）1998・1999・2000年発売|encyclopedia=SEGA HARD Encyclopedia|publisher=Sega|date=2023|access-date=2024-08-15|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320230605/https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee4.html|archive-date=2020-03-20|url-status=live}}}} Switch{{vgrelease|WW|September 30, 2021|NZ|October 1, 2021}} PS4{{vgrelease|NZ|September 29, 2021|WW|September 30, 2021}} Windows{{vgrelease|WW|February 9, 2022}}}}

| genre = Scrolling shooter

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

| arcade system = ST-V

}}

{{nihongo foot|Guardian Force|ガーディアン フォース|Gādian Fōsu||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a multidirectional shooter videogame released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn and the ST-V arcade system by Success.{{cite web |title=Guardian Force |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/guardian-force/ |website=Hardcore Gaming 101 |access-date=27 July 2024 |archive-date=27 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727193110/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/guardian-force/ |url-status=live }}